Amadu Tadesse walks a fashion runway in a white tank top, distressed dark jeans, and tan boots (left); and stands smiling in a research lab wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves (right).

Courtesy of Amadu Tadesse; Linda Wang/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center

Left: Amadu Tadesse walking in a FAST runway show. Right: Amadu Tadesse working as an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Dr. Steven Jonas.