Amy Block Joy is Professor Emerita in Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology. Her research focuses on strategies to improve the health and well-being of diverse audiences. In her short video, she shares a pivotal moment in her undergraduate experience at UC Berkeley. “I found my passion when I, a female undergraduate, helped a male graduate student prepare and then pass his oral exam In bacteriology. I knew nothing about bacteriology but then became passionate about the subject. By challenging the idea that a female can succeed in science, I learned my first life lesson:...