Mentoring Map

BOOST aims to create a pipeline that attracts, engages, supports, and retains underrepresented minority (URM) students in the sciences throughout their pre-collegiate education. We do this by exposing these students and their families to new people, places, and experiences that can open new worlds for them.

Our goals are to:

• Improve the science performance of URM students (particularly African Americans, Native Americans, and Latina/o Americans), female students, and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds;
• Upgrade and expand the content of the pre-college science curriculum; and
• Increase the number of URM, female, and economically disadvantaged students prepared for professional education in STEM.

TRC partners with BIPOC youth and their ecosystems to strengthen their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose so they can create a healthier, more equitable Wake County. We believe systemic inequities should not disproportionately burden youth of color (and their families). We will work individually, collectively, and intergenerationally to redress this injustice. We ALL live better when we have equitable opportunities to thrive together.