Gesd32 Early College Program

10/01/2024

ACT Recognition Ceremony Ceremony 2024

06/03/2024

05/24/2024

The Early College Program is happy to announce that Gisselle Gonzalez, one of our former Southwest Junior High School students has been awarded the prestigious Siebel Scholars 2024 award. This program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science. The students are selected based on outstanding academic performance and leadership, and each receive a $35,000 award toward their final year of study.
Gisselle Gonzalez: Gonzalez is a bioengineering PhD candidate in the lab of Professor Adam Engler. She studies the use of engineered conductive polymer matrices for stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte maturation as a National Science Foundation and University of San Diego Predoctoral Fellow. Gonzalez remains involved in her community by advocating for early access to STEM for underrepresented minority students through events geared towards exposing middle and high school students to STEM activities. Additionally, she has mentored multiple underrepresented minority students to become proficient lab researchers and continues to offer mentorship and guidance as they pursue STEM studies and careers. After graduate school, her goal is to continue the advancement of disease modeling while maintaining her efforts to increase access to STEM. She received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Arizona, where her research efforts focused on developing extracellular matrix structures for wound healing and biological models.

05/24/2024

I am happy to announce that Gerardo Figueroa, a former San Luis Middle School student, Early College Program alumni and Ph. D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded
the Graduate Service Fellowship by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson! The UArizona COM-T Graduate Service Award aims to recognize graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in service, outreach, and engagement with their academic, professional, or local communities.
Congratulations Gerardo on a well-deserved award. San Luis , Arizona and the Gadsden Elementary School District are extremely proud of your accomplishments.
ECP Director- Homero Chávez