Allen Brown-Zubillaga is a senior at The University of Texas at San Antonio, majoring in sociology with a focus on addiction studies. He was the recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. On campus, Brown-Zubillaga has served as vice president, scholarship advisor, and co-founder of the Non-Traditional Students Organization, treasurer for the campus chapter of the Alpha Kappa Delta International Honors Society of Sociology, and member of the UTSA McNair Program, where he was a research assistant at the PRIDE Family Studies Lab under Dr. Shelby Scott. Brown-Zubillaga’s community involvement includes internships as a City of San Antonio Ambassador for the Department of Health and Human Services: Social Analysis and METRICs Division, a social work intern with the SAM Ministries Family Shelter, and a volunteer with Fiesta Youth and the Pride Center of San Antonio. In his free time, Brown-Zubillaga provided outreach for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, leading classes on scholarship attainment at local community colleges. After graduation, he plans to pursue a career in addiction policy and epidemiology.