The MINT Program

*The Women's Center's MINT Program will NOT be running for the 24-25 academic year*

The Women's Center's MINT Program (Matriculating, Influencing, Networking, and Triumphing) is a mentoring program that centers underrepresented (first-generation, low-income, and/or person of color) undergraduate women* in the pursuit of graduate degrees. The MINT Program pairs undergraduate mentees with a current UCSC graduate student who then explores the process of researching, deciding, and creating competitive applicants for graduate school through workshops, one-on-one mentoring, and community building.

Each undergraduate student is paired with a women, femme-identified, or non-binary graduate student mentor to help them succeed. Pairings are based first on the academic field of study and interest and expand to identity markers for students interested in a graduate program not offered at UC Santa Cruz, or at the undergraduate Scholar's request.

We welcome graduate students to volunteer to be a Mentor to gain professional experience mentoring, be a part of the feminist coalition and community building, and fight that graduate student isolation that can be all too real.

*The Women's Center celebrates, centers, and welcomes all women, whether cis or trans, as well as gender nonbinary, fluid, or queer folks who feel connected to some aspect of womenhood.

Visit our Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/WCMINTprogram/