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Transforming Futures Interns

Summer 2023

The Institute for Social Transformation is excited to offer an internship scholarship program called Transforming Futures. The goal of the program is to open up opportunities and remove financial barriers for first-generation, underrepresented, and low-income students at UC Santa Cruz so they can participate in career-advancing non-credit summer internships. Click here to learn more about the Transforming Futures program, and dive into the photos captured during our Transforming Futures reception!


Sophia Aguilera

Politics Major

Organization: San Bernadino District Attorney’s Office

Position: Victim Services Volunteer Program Intern

Fernando Gallardo

Education, Democracy, and Justice Major

Organization: Determined to Succeed

Position: Summer Programming Intern

Cayla Gapusan

Global and Community Health, Psychology Double Major

Organization: Beacon Physical Therapy

Position: Physical Therapy Intern

Brianie Gonzalez

Education, Democracy, and Justice Major

Organization: Your Future Is Our Business

Position: Event Planning Intern

Maria Lopez Guzman

Anthropology Major

Organization: Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos

Position: Prison Project Intern

Dorsa Heydar

Politics Major

Organization: Bay Area Legal Aid, Contra Costa

Position: Restraining Order Clinic Intern

Karina Navarro

Psychology Major

Organization: Monarch Services

Position: Outreach Program Intern

Mango Iraheta

Sociology Major

Organization: United We Dream Network

Position: UndocuHealth Program Intern

Aldrish Jimenez

Business Management Economics Major

Organization: BuyBlack.Org

Position: Business Engagement Intern

Lizeth Peña Sanchez

Education, Democracy, and Justice, Latin American and Latino Studies, Sociology Triple Major

Organization: Schools and Labor Against Privatization Bay Area

Position: Oral History Project Intern

Leslie Salgado

Psychology Major

Organization: Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services

Position: Clinical Therapist Intern

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Anthropology Major

Organization: Fort Ord Natural Reserve

Position: Research Support Intern and Steward

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