▶ Careers Unfiltered S5: Turning Sports into a Career, with Oscar Lopez Hidalgo ’13 ’16MS

Oscar Lopez Hidalgo started playing squash when he was a kid in Mexico and fell in love with it. It influenced him to choose a college that offered squash and came to the University of Rochester where he earned his BS in Psychology in 2013. He completed his MS in Human Development from the Warner School of Education in 2016 and is now a Squash Professional at Genesee Valley Club and is also a volunteer Assistant Squash Coach at the U of R. Hear about Oscar’s love for squash and how his passion for the sport became his career choice. Oscar shares the challenges of balancing being a student athlete and his experience as an international student at the U of R. He also shares some great recommendations for places that students can check out in Rochester.