Both members of UC Riverside’s class of 2020, María Omary, M.A., and her daughter, Lina, M.D., will graduate this spring from UCR’s School of Public Policy and School of Medicine, respectively. The mother and daughter Highlanders share a lifelong passion for science and a deep interest in how the food we eat impacts brain function and mental health. They hope to collaborate professionally once Lina returns to Southern California from her psychiatry residency in San Francisco.