Riding for the 2013 Livestrong Texas 4000 team, Bhattacharjee will bike from Austin to Alaska in support of cancer research awareness about the disease and its repercussions. It is no small feat. Initially deciding to go because “biking to Alaska sounded like the height of adventure,” Bhattacharjee now has deep-set motivations for pursuing this challenge.
“I wanted to ride because no one was sharing the stories of my dad’s patients or riding for them,” said Gitanjali Bhattacharjee, a sophomore Plan II and architectural engineering major.
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