<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pharmacy/news-and-events/features/ariana-moorer/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>07/09/2025 02:12:47 PM</pubDate><title>Ariana Moorer: Speaking Up, Standing Out</title><subtitle>Pharm.D. Candidate Uses her Voice to Move Pharmacy Forward</subtitle><description>University of Houston College of Pharmacy (UHCOP) Pharm.D. candidate Ariana Moorer’s interest in pharmacy started early. In high school, she enrolled in a certification program, earned her pharmacy technician license, and by 18, was working at Walgreens. She now is heavily invested in community pharmacy.
			
			She later attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, where she joined the university’s cooperative program with UHCOP. The early admission pathway allowed her to complete her undergraduate degree and transfer into the college’s Pharm.D. program ahead of schedule.</description><author>Lauren Nguyen</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/pharmacy/_images/features/ariana-moorer-1-thumb.jpg" alt="Ariana Moorer"/></image><categories>Student,Spotlights</categories></item>