About Yitsac: Prior to Anderson, Yitsac Sandoval (‘23) lived in New York City and Miami and worked as part of a rotational program at Univision. Yitsac is a first year student at Anderson and in his free time, he likes playing soccer, participating in triathlons, and riding his motorcycle through the hills of Malibu.

You may think that Anderson’s culture of shared success is just a tagline or marketing tool. However, it’s not. It’s actually so much ingrained in the culture that I was able to experience it as an undergraduate student.

As a Mexican immigrant to this country and previous DACA student, I grew up not knowing of all the possible career opportunities aside from becoming a lawyer and doctor. For the longest time I thought I wanted to become a lawyer. However, after spending a quarter in Washington DC working for a reputable law firm, I realized it wasn’t for me. I was back in LA and searching for a career opportunity where I could combine my strengths and passions. It was then that I joined a business club on campus where Anderson’s ALMA student club worked with undergraduate student interested in business careers. These Anderson students shared their previous experiences working on interesting projects, their career aspirations, and how their MBAs were helping them reach those goals. I was hooked. I knew that I wanted to pivot my career but I was unsure how or if was too late for me. Luckily, two Anderson students connected me to the Riordan program, helped review my application for a summer business program, and connected me to their career networks. By the end of that same year, I had secured a full-time offer for the next year. Anderson’s culture of collaboration and support had overspilled from the northside of campus and into my life and set me down a path of success.

Fast forward a couple years, as a current student, shared success continues to present itself in different ways. As I began my summer internship recruiting process, I was taken back by the amount of support from current students and Anderson alumni. Anderson alumni from different firms reached out to prep me for interviews, shared insights and notes regarding the group of interviewers, and shared what experiences I should highlight throughout my interview process with their company. Most importantly, I wouldn’t have been successful had it not been for the support from current classmates during this time demanding period. I recall one specific instance when my learning team called me before the start of interview week where I had an interview every day of the week. I was concerned about being able to juggle academics, extracurriculars, and recruiting during this time. I let my team know what I had going on through a casual chat on our group chat. My teammates immediately called me and let me know they would be happy to take on more workload so that I would be able to focus entirely on recruiting. I was heartfelt to see that there were people who cared about my success and truly saw my own as their own.

Anderson has and will always be a highly collaborative environment for students to learn, grow and thrive in. It’s one of the things I appreciate the most about Anderson. No matter what your background is or what previous experiences are, there’s always someone within the larger Anderson community who wants to see me succeed and do well.

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Student Blogger: Yitsac Sandoval ’23

Undergrad: UCLA, ‘18

Pre-MBA: Finance at Univision

Leadership@Anderson: Director of Partnerships – Alliance for Latinx Management Association, Director of Conferences -Entertainment Management Association