CBESS will be selecting up to 30 bilingual Northern Nevada high school juniors to participate in the following programming:
- Career Exploration Events - Participants and parents will meet and interact with healthcare professionals.
- Summer Research Program - Participants will live the University of Nevada, Reno campus for one week and will participate in a virtual program for two or more weeks, attend daily classes (conducted in both English and Spanish) and created a student-led research project about a community health issue. SRs will learn to perform hypothesis-driven research, receive instruction and content in STEM and health care, toured a variety of research and health care facilities, and polish their communication and writing skills.
- Near-Peer Mentoring - Participants will be matched with a bilingual undergraduate (Leadership Trainee) to receive monthly mentoring during senior year.
- Outreach Internship - Participants will participate in a CBESS Outreach internship creating an initiative based on the summer research project.
CBESS will select an additional 64 Northern Nevada high school juniors who will not receive the above programming, but will receive:
- A certificate of completion and access to career exploration event videos upon completing questionnaires throughout their junior and senior years.
