The MINT Program

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

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