Close the Gap Foundation wrapped up our second annual Fellowship for first-gen and low-income students in the Bay Area. We celebrated nine high school students for their dedication to social impact! 🎉 All in all, we awarded over $3,000 in scholarships, highlighting projects that distributed meal kits to homeless populations and COVID-19 supplies to low-income families! 📜 🎉 S/o to our judge panelists Alexandra , Naomi , Sonia , & Marisa ! #closethegap #networkgap #plusonepledge The Fellowship provides: 🧪 Structured mentorship, which pairs every student with a mentor in currently working in the field of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, & mathematics education). We're so grateful to all these mentors: Akil (Slack), Muying & Jasmin (Amazon), Erika (Google), Tracy (Articulate), Nimalen (WePay), Bonnie (Cloudfare), Lydia & Edan (Amazon), Allen (Box), Neil (Ohio State College of Medicine). 🍎 Workshops and panels led by industry leaders, including Tiffany ( Mogul ), Melissa (Speakeasy), Florence (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Sophie (Adobe), Geri (Nasa), Erika (GenMark), & Cecilia (Box). 🚀 Project-based learning through social impact and service. Fellows learn how to ideate, self-direct, and present their impact projects through design thinking methodology. …see more