Mentors for Environmental Science Without Borders
Under the UCLA's Center for Diverse Leadership at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Dr. Aradhna Tripati and I are starting a program called Environmental Science Without Borders (ESWoB) Mentorship program, aimed at supporting environmental science students from developing countries. The platform will connect faculty, career professionals, post-docs, graduate or peer-undergraduate students, willing to serve as mentors with one or more students from developing countries (mentees). With a commitment of few hours every month, the mentees will be able to reach out to their respective mentors for support of all kinds. We are hoping to kick-start the program with some students from Nelson Mandela University in South Africa and the Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon, and we are asking for your support to serve as a mentor. An inaugural virtual mentor-mentee g...