As Amber Bancroft settles into her year as Associated Student Government (ASG) President, she has her sights set on a career in Biomedical Engineering.<\/p>\n
SAN MARCOS \u2014 When the fall semester began, the students at Palomar College were newly represented by a 21-year-old woman, Amber Bancroft, who has been deeply involved on campus for the last three years.<\/p>\n
From participating in the Chemistry Club and Hikers and Backpackers Club to working as a lab assistant, Bancroft has cultivated her connections on campus through years of service and involvement.<\/p>\n
She said she wasn\u2019t civically active in high school, but found her voice at Palomar and hasn\u2019t looked back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not really doing it for the recognition\u2014I\u2019m doing it because I want to change things for the next person who comes in,\u201d she explained. \u201cThey can work on different things because all of the groundwork has been done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bancroft spent the 2017-18 school year serving as ASG Vice President, and this year she helped write a new ASG constitution and spent the summer reworking bylaws and policies.<\/p>\n
As ASG President, Bancroft also serves as the Student Trustee on the Palomar Community College District Governing Board. She described herself as a \u201cproductive complainer\u201d who prefers to turn her frustrations into improvement\u2014and her record at Palomar bears that out.<\/p>\n
On the day when Bancroft decided to get involved with the Associated Student Government (ASG) at Palomar College, she spent an hour waiting for a parking spot out on the fringes of campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just so frustrated\u2014I was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to join the student government! I\u2019m going to fix it!\u2019\u201d Bancroft recalled. \u201cAnd over the years, obviously, they\u2019ve built the parking structure and redone a lot of things. So I\u2019m really happy that\u2019s changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bancroft said she hopes to transfer to either Georgia Tech or UC San Diego and pursue her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Her ultimate goal is going into research to address what she sees as a lack of understanding about autoimmune disorders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed my Palomar College experience,\u201d Bancroft said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"