Summary
The mission of this SEPA grant at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) is to foster future scholars of science by engaging motivated youth and their families in a structured, comprehensive science education, mentoring, and research program. The program builds skills and confidence necessary for students to enter and succeed in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Science trainings and opportunities for youth are often lacking and fail to provide hands-on real-world opportunities, especially in rural areas. Thus, this grant will develop and deliver educational and research activiti
