Four Lessons I Learned as a Mentor

Four Lessons I Learned as a Mentor

By David Huynh, Caltech graduate student Being a graduate student mentor in the Caltech/Base 11 STEM outreach initiative has been a truly transformative experience for me. I worked individually with Skyline College student Alina Rai when she was a Base 11 fellow for...
Helping Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True

Helping Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True

Eduardo Jáuregui Gutierrez came to the U.S. with what he calls “a backpack full of dreams.” A native of Lima, Peru Eduardo graduated in International Business and had a good job at a bank but felt he was missing something. Even as a child, he already had an...
Meet West LA’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

Meet West LA’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

This summer, two West Los Angeles College students participated in Base 11’s fellowship program. Paul Grad III spent the summer at University of Southern California’s computer science mentorship program, where he used Google Cardboard to design a virtual...
Meet Henry Ford College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

Meet Henry Ford College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

This summer, three Henry Ford College students participated in Base 11’s fellowship program. They spent July and August in Southern California, doing engineering projects and two of the nation’s top research universities — and got paid for it! Hector...