Julian Schroeder and his laboratory have developed an internship program with the public Preuss School. We train Preuss School students in research internships in the lab and provide mentoring.
The Preuss School is a public charter middle and high school for low income and
disadvantaged motivated students from throughout San Diego County, who strive to
become the first in their families to earn a 4-year college degree. Julian also mentors students with respect to University applications and preparation and all and any career
questions and feedback.
The Preuss School was ranked Best High School in San Diego County in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report, the Preuss School has been recognized by Newsweek as the top transformative high school in the nation three years in a row, the "Top Change-Making School" by The Daily Beast and the Washington Post placed Preuss among America’s 25 Most Challenging High Schools. http://preuss.ucsd.edu
High School Student Internships in the Schroeder Laboratory
Congratulations to Schroeder lab high school students who have entered Universities as first 4-year college students in their families. Some of our previous high school trainees include Daniel Flores (UC Merced), Jimmy Lozano (UCSD), Elvira Gonzales (UC Santa Barbara),Ê Fernando Acosta (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Alva Monsalvo (UCSD), Perla Perez (UCLA), Denise Mojica (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Tina Duong (SDSU), Natalia Mercado (University of Virginia), Irma Gonzalez (USCl), Romyn Sabatchi (USD), Roddrick Duggar (Oral Roberts University), Josephine Aguilar (UCLA), Celia Fang (UCSD), Josué Barragán (Point Loma Nazarene University), Gicel Abraham (UC Davis), with many more recent trainees and graduates who have been accepted at and joined top Colleges and Universities. In addition, Julian works with colleagues at UC San Diego to increase to internship opportunities in other labs for Preuss Students.
Preuss School Outreach Program Example
Alva Monsalvo, a Junior high school student at the Preuss School pursued a long-term internship in Julian Schroeder’s laboratory. Her work in the Schroeder laboratory was presented at the San Diego County Science Fair where she won a 1st Place award in the category of Botany, Senior Runner-Up Sweepstakes Award, 1st place from the Society of Toxicology, and placed 4th overall out of 104 students that won 1st place awards. She presented her research findings at the California State Science Fair held in Los Angeles. Congratulations Alva!