Summer Opportunities

OppNet Fellows: Summer Opportunities

Scroll down to read, watch, and learn directly from OppNet Fellows about their Summer Opportunity experiences!

During their six-year journey with The Opportunity Network (OppNet), our Fellows engage in five summers of paid internships and enrichment programs driven by their academic and professional goals. Students build robust resumes of work experience and expand their networks across industries and fields. Through their five summers of professional experiences, students develop skills, hone workplace readiness, and explore passions to launch thriving careers of their own.

Class of 2027, SUNY Stony Brook

Josue Cogtla-Castillo

I created and conducted an experiment, and gathered information to make a science poster; I presented my research and findings in the Museum of Natural History.

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Class of 2026, SUNY Buffalo

Tyrahel Coleman

This project tested the effect of noise pollution on organisms, aiming for the effect on humans.

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Class of 2027, SUNY FIT

Elijah Mejia

I, along with my peers, created and designed two Instagram carousel posts dedicated to celebrating First-Generation College Students for The Opportunity Network’s new series of posts: #FirstGenFridays!

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Class of 2027, Vassar College

Mikayla Rivera

In this final project for the Pre-Med: Foundations of Biology and Chemistry Academy at Harvard Student Agencies, I worked with three other participants also in the program to create a presentation on a disease of our choosing and use what we've learned throughout the week to help us.

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Class of 2028, Hillside Arts and Letters Academy

Richard Wang

I sailed around the Yucatán Peninsula with amazing people.

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Class of 2025, Connecticut College

Junyi He Wu

Visualizing the Breath (2023) is an early prototype of an immersive installation/VR experience where the audience can paint in 3D utilizing their breath

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