Apply by Feb. 16 for Step into STEM: Workshops and Mentoring for HS Students who will be First in their Family to Attend College

Step into STEM is a free, online program of workshops and mentoring for high-school juniors and seniors with parent(s) who never received a bachelor’s or other four-year college/university degree. It features monthly online meetings (2/23, 3/23, 4/13, 5/18, 6/15) with group discussions, 1:1 mentoring, a supportive network of students, and discussions with first-generation scientists. Applications are due February 16. For more information, email the program’s facilitators, who themselves are first-generation STEM majors: Claudia Mazur cmazur@bu.edu and Samuel Domingues samuel.domingues001@umb.edu. This program is an initiative of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.