Dr. Chander Arora is part of the biotech faculty at Los Angeles Mission College and joined the ABE LA team as the site coordinator in Summer 2021. Holding over two decades of experience in the healthcare industry as well as teaching at the community college in Los Angeles, she was instrumental in getting a bio-manufacturing grant from Department of Labor to Los Angeles Valley College. She has contributed tremendously towards women’s health working with the World Health Organization, Geneva, on several international projects.
Extremely passionate about helping students, she is known for experience in developing and teaching biotechnology and bio-manufacturing courses. An NSF ATE principal investigator, she has trained the trainers, the new hires as well as the incumbent workers in several pharmaceutical industries. She is also a subject matter expert for developing the state assessment exam for the Bioscience industry. Her lead role in the Bridge to Biotech program has benefited about 90% of her students to successfully find jobs in the related fields.
She believes "Dreams are not what you see during sleep. Dreams actually are, which don’t let you sleep."