Cindy La Nguyen, researcher and project manager at Griffin MSI, provides background on the Developing YOUth! Project and introduces this podcast series.

Cindy discusses how the skills promoted in the Science Minors and Achievers program may have helped youths, according to some of our participants' experiences.

Cindy presents how participants felt about community engagement through STEM education and how these experiences may have impacted their academic and career choices after they left the program.

Cindy describes what participants reported about how the Griffin MSI staff's genuine care for them made an impact on their lives and how they felt about themselves.

Cindy shares participants' descriptions of the program's positive peer culture and supportive environment, and some different experiences with science education after leaving the program.

Concluding the series, Cindy collects impressions from participants about the program's lasting effects on their studies and outlook.