This is not Somer Baburek’s first rodeo. Quite literally, for a period, the Texas native traversed the US as a barrel racer, a rodeo event where horse and rider race around three barrels in a cloverleaf pattern at breakneck speeds. The experience was exhilarating and for a while she dropped out of college to “go pro,” but the taxing lifestyle was not what Baburek was looking for. Baburek moved back to San Antonio, where she was accepted to an entrepreneurship-focused business program at the University of Texas San Antonio.
In the final year of the program, Baburek found a group of engineering students to help her design a medical...