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Winter 2026 Featured Alum Miriam Liberman
Question everything. Do your own research. Verify information for yourself.
Miriam Liberman graduated from UW Bothell in Summer 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
Tell us more about what you’re doing currently.
Graduated from UW School of Pharmacy June 2025. Spent 4 years in this program completing didactic education, clinical rotations, and doing various work in between such as community service opportunities in healthcare through various pharmacy organizations, [along with] clinical research with UW Medicine and UW Pharmacy, as well as educational research through UW Pharmacy.
My current position as a pharmacist resident required me to organize my 4th year clinical rotations in a way that aligned with the career path trajectory I was interested in, as well as focusing on topics I was less knowledgeable in to expand my scope. I had to apply for residency programs through the American Society of Healthsystems Pharmacy and take part in 2 rounds of interviews to be matched into this position. Pharmacy residency typically goes through a matching system similar to medical programs. It is a lot of work on updating and maintaining a CV, writing letters of intent, and honing in on knowledge and interview skills. It is definitely a lot of work to get there, but a lot of reward that comes with it. This additional training I am in now allows me to acquire more certifications and keep up to date on my license.
What resources did you find most helpful when it came to career or graduate/professional school exploring, preparing, and applying?
I started off as a pharmacy assistant when I was in undergrad. Being open to exploring job opportunities while in school helps to open you to a network of people that are interested in seeing your development. Utilize the network you build and ask questions to your employer about their career path.
What was your favorite thing about being a UW Bothell Husky?
I loved the smaller class sizes, office hours, and easy accessibility to professors and other resources to guide my education.
If you could go back to your first day at UWB, what advice would you give yourself?
You will get a lot of people telling you different ways to go about a certain path. Question everything. Do your own research. Verify information for yourself.
Thank you, Miriam!
We appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to share a bit of your story and advice to future Husky Pharmacists!
Past Featured Alumni
- February 2022 – Casey Cummins – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with minors in Biology and Chemistry
- March 2022 – Sebastien Khoutxaysana – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Health Education & Promotion
- April 2022 – Van Nguyen – Spring 2020 BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience
- May 2022 – Yasmin Guzman – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Health Education & Promotion
- June 2022 – John Masembe – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies
- July 2022 – Raday Gonzalez – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies
- August 2022 – Andrew Marimon-Cabamalan – Spring 2009 BA in Business Administration with concentrations in marketing and management
- September 2022 – LaShanta Sealy Mahanti – Winter 2020 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Health Education & Promotion
- October 2022 – Atif Bhatti – Autumn 2018 BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience
- November 2022 – Monserrat Morales Miranda – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with minors in Global Health and Health Education & Promotion
- December 2022 – Kiana Imani – Spring 2020 BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience
- Winter 2023 – Keita Shimizu – Spring 2021 BA in Health Studies with minors in Global Health & Policy Studies
- Spring 2023 – Lilia Matevosyan – Winter 2023 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Neuroscience
- Summer 2023 – Andrew Collins – Spring 2018 BS in Biochemistry
- Autumn 2023 – Toluwani Oluwa-Tofehinti – Spring 2020 BS in Biology
- Winter 2024 – Ngoc-Vy Mai – Winter 2022 BA in Health Studies and Science, Technology, & Society with minors in Global Health and Health Education & Promotion
- Spring 2024 – Ali Mirzazadeh – Spring 2023 BS in Biology and MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.
- Summer 2024 – Emerald Chuesh – UW Husky 100 Awardee for 2024
- Autumn 2024 – Vivian Lam – UW Husky 100 Awardee for 2024
- Winter 2025 – Amelia Alam – Summer 2023 BS in Biochemistry with minors in Biology and Neuroscience
- Spring 2025 – Arnav Gambhir – Spring 2023 BS in Biology and a minor in Neuroscience
- Summer 2025 – Tiffany Nguyen – Spring 2022 BA in Health Studies
- Autumn 2025: Jadyn de Jesus – Spring 2023 BA in Health Studies with minors in Global Health and Health Education & Promotion