Inspired by her own experience with cancer, Bianca Rollbusch seeks to improve therapies, while volunteering with teens actively undergoing treatment
Every year, the CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement recognizes one student from each California State University campus for their academic excellence, personal achievements and community impact.
This year’s San Diego State University awardee is Bianca Rollbusch, a fourth year cellular and molecular biology major with a minor in honors interdisciplinary studies.
Originally from Chula Vista, Rollbusch came to SDSU through the Compact for Success Program and got involved in research her second year. However, her path to science started much earlier.
In 2008, at just 4 years old, Rollbusch was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. For two years, she was treated at Rady Children’s Hospital. She went into remission in 2010. Since then, she has remained committed to giving back to others undergoing cancer treatment, both through science and volunteering.
“Science is what allows me to be here. Science saved my life, and it gave me the opportunity to have more time with my friends than I would have,” she said. “Even though not all of my friends made it, having the treatments that were able to prolong their life a little bit longer meant a whole lot to me.”
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