High school students who have participated in the UC Davis EnvironMentors program have benefited from:
- 17 invitations to present at national and international conferences (e.g. American Geographical Union Bright Stars Program, AmericaView/USGS)
- 14 scholarships (totaling $16,500)
- 5 Emerging Leader Scholarship (totaling $33,000)
- 1 National Poster Award ($ 500)
- 1 UC Davis Undergraduate Student Intel Scholarship ($3,000)
In 2024/2025, Marissa Bautista received 3rd place with her research project titled "Assessing changes in algal population size and composition in the UC Davis Arboretum waterway" .
In 2018/2019, Anh Vo received 2nd place with her research project titled "Fog, Drought, Strawberries, and LEGO - Modeling the Effect of Coastal Fog on the Growth of Strawberries".
In 2017/18, Gautam Pradeep received 2nd place with his research project titled "Improved Weakly-Supervised Object Localization Using Hide-and-Seak Based Deep Neural Network" and Rhitishah Yuva Raju won 3rd place presenting her project "Analysis of Groundwater Impacts on Fish in the Consumnes River".
In 2016/17, Gautam Pradeep received 1st place with his research project "A Comparison of Computer Vision Techniques for Classifying and Localizing Fruits in Images: Handcrafted Features Vs. Deep Networks" and Mikayla Roberts received 4th place with her research project "How does global warming affect fungal growth and decomposition of organic carbon from plant material?".
That same year, Sarah Wilson received the Emerging Environmental Leader scholarship. She was able to compete for that award after participating in the EnvironMentors' program for 2 years and being a high school senior. This is the highest award possible to receive.
In 2015/16, Teevyah Raju received the Excellence in Environmental Research award with her project "Drought impact on soilborne fungal pathogen of tomato".
That same year, Cecilia Gonzalez received the Emerging Environmental Leader scholarship. She was able to compete for that award after participating in the EnvironMentors' program for 2 years and being a high school senior. This is the highest award possible to receive.
In 2014/15, Diana Gomez received the Patrick Lalley Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Biodiversity and Conservation with her project "Steroids Analysis of Human Saliva: Testosterone a New Way to Identify Gender".
That same year, Erin Murphy received the Emerging Environmental Leader scholarship. She was able to compete for that award after participating in the EnvironMentors' program for 2 years and being a high school senior. This is the highest award possible to receive.
High School Student Alumni
A few years ago, Johana Ramirez-Zapien participated in the UC Davis EnvironMentors program as a high school student. Now, she is the program's Outreach Director. She leverages her valuable insights as a EnvironMentors high school student alumni to ensure current and future mentees have the best possible experience and opportunities to grow and develop into the future generation of environmental leaders.
I had the most wonderful experience as an EnvironMentor mentee!
— Johana
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Alumni
When Grey Monroe was a graduate student at Colorado State University, he was a mentor for the local chapter of the EnvironMentors program. Now, he is the lead Co-Director of the UC Davis EnvironMentors chapter. His experience mentoring a high school student on a research project aimed at better understanding the impact of soil toxicity on plant development motivated him to resurrect the UC Davis EnvironMentors chapter after it was shut down during the COVID pandemic.
As a graduate EnvironMentor, I experienced first-hand the impact of this program both for mentors and mentees. Now, as a new faculty member, I am passionate about helping to relaunch and lead the UC Davis EnvironMentors chapter.
— Grey