New England Aquarium

The New England Aquarium will develop and implement a new apprentice program to provide professional development and career pathway access to STEM careers by reducing access barriers for historically unreached and underrepresented communities in the Greater Boston area. Project activities include identifying and engaging a variety of community partners to develop the program and reach new audiences, evaluating internal culture to ensure that the aquarium is ready to engage apprentice cohorts, developing curriculum and training future mentors, recruiting and training apprentice cohorts, and conducting program evaluation. The eight apprentices who graduate from the program will develop the skills and knowledge required to start a STEM career increasing the likelihood of viable employment at the aquarium or beyond.