My internship experience with CienciaPR

Submitted by Jean Carlos Vega Díaz on 13 March 2017 - 1:08am

The Agents of Change Empowerment and Retention Program, best known by the Spanish acronym PARACa, is an initiative organized and carried out by the non-profit organization Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción (MPA). MPA is composed of students and young professionals aware of the great challenges facing our society both today and the consequences that we could suffer tomorrow. This group of emerging professionals is characterized by recruiting agents of change who are identified by their commitment, leadership and execution at a young age with Puerto Rican society and who are willing to work for the progress and well-being of the country.

New opportunity to develop energy projects

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:36pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

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Now more than ever, with the economic crisis, it is important to look towards the future and develop projects that contribute to the sustainable development of Puerto Rico. For this reason, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the organization Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción (MPA) established an alliance to offer young individuals the opportunity to kick-off and implement renewable energy projects.

For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site.

Desire and Commitment Take You a Long Way

Submitted by Giovanna Guerrero-Medina and Christina Giselle Lopez on 29 February 2016 - 3:53pm

Ciencia Puerto Rico support summer internships for students who are interested in leadership and professional development through the PARACa program of the non-profit organization Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción. Here, we present a guest post by Christina López, a student at Cornell University, who participated in this program with Ciencia Puerto Rico during the summer of 2014. This year we are looking for a maximum of 3 students interested in working with us. For more information, please read the end of this blog or view the internship opportunity here:

Desarrolla tus destrezas de liderazgo y apoya la ciencia boricua: ¡Pasantía PARACa con Ciencia Puerto Rico!

Submitted by Giovanna Guerrero-Medina on 25 February 2016 - 4:22pm

¿Te interesa contribuir al desarrollo de las ciencias en Puerto Rico? ¿Quieres desarrollar tus destrezas de liderazgo y adquirir experiencia en organizaciones sin fines de lucro? ¡Considera hacer una pasantía PARACa con Ciencia Puerto Rico!