Although many industries, educational institutions and activities have been relegated to the virtual realm, many of our students still secured research postings and internships this summer. Every one of the students below is a first generation college student! Congrats to them on gaining skills during these uncertain times.

American River College

  • Yolanda Reyes, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico
  • Sasha Zabegalin, Hewlett Packard

CSU Sacramento

  • Antonio Zuniga, California Energy Commission
  • Josue Sandoval, Teichert Construction
  • Pedro Resendiz Chavez, Corteva Agriscience
  • Isa Guragain, Intel Folsom
  • Usman Sidiqi, Alessandro Electric

East Los Angeles College

  • Maria Garcia Marroquin, Community College Field Biology Alliance at UCLA
  • Manuel Holguin, Community College Field Biology Alliance at UCLA
  • Juan Landaverde, Community College Field Biology Alliance at UCLA
  • Cynthia Sanchez, Community College Field Biology Alliance at UCLA
  • Jandrie Rodriguez, Carnegie Observatories
  • Mimi Truong, Carnegie Observatories
  • Jessica Rodriguez, Nanotechnology for Health, Energy, and the Environment at Stone Brook University
  • Daniel Novoa, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Sacramento City College

  • Alicia Villasenor, CA Dept of Water Resources
  • Angel Vasquez, NASA L’SPACE Academy
  • Ricardo Martinez, Jr., NASA L’SPACE Academy

San Diego City College

  • Ana Armenta-Vega, UC Davis Advancing Diversity in Neuroscience Research Honors Program
  • Antonio Loaiza, UCSD Institutional Research and Academic Career Development SURF Program
  • Jessica Perez Ochoa, UCSD IRACDA SURF Program
  • Pamela De Leon, UCSD University Link Medical Science Program
  • Conan Minihan, UCSD STARS Program

Sonoma State University

  • Jennifer Juarez Yoc, San Francisco Sunnydale and Wellness Center
  • Maritza Perez, Petaluma Health Center
  • Lucero Alvarez, BioMarin

Ventura College

  • Juan Montecinos, Office of Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
  • Zachary Mitchel, Office of Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
  • Diana Sepulveda, Office of Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
  • Stephanie Gariby, Office of Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
  • Kayla Geronimo-Anctil, UCSB-Smithsonian Scholars Program
  • Jordan Pantoja, Oregon Institute Of Marine Biology

UC Santa Cruz

  • Kenzie Milhous, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Faith Williams, UCSC Internationally Engineered Machine research
  • Jessica Huang, Opportunities for All
  • Jorge Henriquez, Major League Hacking