Three months before winning $17,500 at the 2018 UC Davis Big Bang! competition, Denise Bronner learned her father had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Her startup, Anu Snacks, which produced snack bars from spent beer grain, was put on hold.
Seven years later, Bronner’s father is in remission, and her path has brought her back to UC Davis as a co-sponsor for the social entrepreneurship award for this year’s Big Bang, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.