Rob Gonzales is a current undergraduate student at the University of Notre Dame, pursuing biology.

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Rob has worked as an intern and later research assistant with the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a department of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa. During his four years with AHEC, 2021-2024, he was engaged with the program's community HOSA - Future Health Professionals chapter, Hawaii/Pacific Basin AHEC HOSA. Being a member throughout high school and the chapter's president for two years, Rob would be elected into Hawaii HOSA State Executive Council for the 2023-2024 year as the 1st State Vice-President. In his chapter, Rob has worked toward providing recognition for Hawaii students across the state without an active HOSA program at their school in health science events, organizing travel plans and registration logistics, and being a photographer and graphic designer knowledgeable about the HOSA-FHP brand.

 

On the state level,  Rob has been a speaker and workshop presenter at various conferences and the annual Hawaii HOSA Fall Leadership Workshop where he presented on social media branding and the importance of understanding personality when in leadership, a graphic designer and photographer for the state's social media, and avid front row hype man for HOSA-FHP International Leadership Conference sessions.​

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Rob graduated from St. Anthony School on Maui and is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame.