Silvia Orozco

UCLA, Anderson School of Management

“Healthcare innovator blending data expertise, creativity, and collaboration to expand healthcare access.”

Hometown: Whittier, CA

Fun Fact About Yourself: I started learning guitar as a quarantine hobby and have since expanded into singing and music production!

Undergraduate School and Major: California State University, Fullerton – B.S. Biology; University of Chicago – M.S. Biomedical Informatics

Most Recent Employer and Job Title: Healthcare Data Scientist at Graticule

UCLA Anderson is founded on the Three Pillars: Share Success, Think Fearlessly, and Drive Change. Which pillar resonates most with you and why? Share success! I would not be where I am if it wasn’t for the mentors, colleagues, friends, and family who were so generous to help me along my journey. The least I could do is pay it forward by helping pave the way for someone else. The world is better when we’re collaborating instead of competing.

What makes Los Angeles such a great place to earn an MBA? Los Angeles is such an exciting place to be with lots of opportunities! Whether you are interested in tech, consulting, entertainment, or something else, you can find it here. And of course, nothing beats the west coast scenery, whether it be hiking or driving down PCH (Pacific Coast Highway).

Aside from your classmates and location, what was the key part of UCLA Anderson’s MBA programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you? I was sold when I found out how collaborative and student-led Anderson’s culture was. Anderson was one of the first schools I toured, and I remember being impressed when I heard the role second-year students played in helping first-year students.

Anderson sets up students for success with Anderson Career Teams and Interview Prep Teams, where second-year students mentor first-year students by sharing industry knowledge and interview preparation. This was important for me because not only do I benefit from the guidance of someone who was in my shoes a year prior, but I also have the opportunity to help the incoming class when I’m in my second year. That’s the kind of impact I want to make. I remember leaving my Anderson tour thinking that the Share Success pillar was real. I knew Anderson was special.

What course, club or activity excites you the most at UCLA Anderson? I’m really excited to be part of the Healthcare Business Association (HBA). Although I’ve been working in the healthcare industry for 5.5 years, I’ve primarily stayed on the technical side working with healthcare data. HBA gives me the opportunity to connect my past experience with the future of healthcare. I’m really excited to dive deeper into cutting-edge topics in healthcare, like digital health, precision medicine, and of course, AI, through the Speaker Series or VITALS conference.

What is your unique quality that will enable you to make a big contribution to the Class of 2027? My endless curiosity will enable me to make a big contribution! In my career, curiosity pushed me to ask how data could be used in new ways. In my personal life, it’s the reason I’ve traveled to more than 25 U.S. states and started exploring music production. I’m also genuinely curious about people’s stories. I love hearing about life in other countries or other parts of the U.S. It is such a privilege being surrounded by so many bright people from all over the world and I’m excited to learn more from them and spark connections through that curiosity.

Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: While working at a genetic testing start-up, I built the entire system responsible for delivering genetic test results to patients. Think back to the first time you received a 23andMe health report. Did you pay attention to how results are displayed? There is a lot of thought that goes into the language to describe a disease from a medical and legal perspective. There are even nuances we as consumers often overlook. For example, what made the company choose a particular color scheme or user interface? I was part of those conversations and drove the development of that process from its infancy into a system that started delivering real results to real patients. I saw my technical work directly touch lives and it motivated me to do my best, not just for the patients, but for my team because everyone was so dedicated.

What do you hope to do after graduation (at this point)?  Post-Anderson, I see myself joining a Leadership Development Program at a large healthcare or pharmaceutical company. I want to leverage my technical background to shape healthcare strategy by using data more effectively. Right now, there’s more data than we can keep up with, and much of it is underutilized. I want to help companies translate complex information into real improvements in patient outcomes. I’m a firm believer that healthcare and pharmaceutical companies must stay ahead by being data-fluent! For me, it goes beyond efficiency, it’s about making sure insights are used to expand access and deliver better care for communities.

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