It makes me really happy to see this kind of mentorship/training/guidance for people in Latin America. I love seeing efforts to get a wide range of people introduced to EA-type ideas and principles. Thank you for putting in the effort to make this happen.
Are there plans for this to continue, maybe hosting new cohorts of students every few months?
Hello Joseph!
Thank you so much for your comments, we are happy to see our mentees thriving through these opportunities. Although GCR's and EA-Related principles have been introduced before in the LATAM community, it still represents a challenge for early-career individuals looking to pursue an impactful career. Bridging this gap is not only one of our goals as an organization, but also to provide a “box of tools and knowledge” to tackle any pressing global challenges that may incur in the future. Something worth noting, is that most of the applications we received for our programs were from people outside the EA circle, meaning that another added value to our programs is the ability to reach out to promising people who otherwise wouldn’t have known about these topics nor carried out their projects/explored these areas. As our counterfactual evaluation states: “63.6% of the mentees wouldn’t have learned about Cause Prioritization and/or Global Catastrophic Risks” (if it wasn’t for CCI).
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Answering your question:
At this moment, we are still running the second cohort of this first iteration of the mentorship program. We expect to share the results of this second cohort in ~one month from now.
We’d like to extend you an invitation to the next “Final Projects Presentation Event” on September 14th at 9 am (Mexico City Time). Most of the presentations will be held in Spanish, but some mentees prefer to present in English to increase their reach.
You can register for the event in the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-2gqzkoGN3v0Sqa1m9TpMwQlJq5wVZs
As for further plans, we are seeking funding to continue running operations over the next year. The plan is to run an improved version of the virtual programs, to run another iteration of this mentorship program and launch a novel “Research Training Program” in collaboration with the UNAM. We are most excited about the last one as we expect to foster a higher-level quality of projects and achieve more specialized deliverables, especially for Technical/Research projects related to Bio and AI.
At Carreras con Impacto (CCI), we are dedicated to identifying and engaging high-potential students across Latin America, equipping them with the knowledge, tools, and mentorship needed to pursue careers focused on catastrophic and existential risks. Our programs empower students to make a significant impact in areas such as AI risk reduction, biosecurity, and global catastrophic risks, aligning their career paths with the most pressing global challenges.
Virtual Programs (Phase 1):
Highlights (Virtual Programs):
Mentorship Program (Phase 2):
After the first phase, the students could send a project proposal. A 14-week personalized mentorship initiative where selected students from Phase 1 develop specific projects, such as policy proposals or research papers, within an organized mentoring program.
Highlights (First Cohort):
Mentees were asked to rate the level el agreement from 1 to 10 to a series of sentences intended to evaluate the Community Health Status of Carreras con Impacto. Overall, we received a Perfect Score 10/10.
After 14 weeks with a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week, the students work from the definition of the question to a specific product and a report. The following projects are published on this forum and in both English and Spanish on our webpage:
Congratulations on achieving some very impressive results with Carreras con Impacto, and with great female representation too! It would be interesting to read a follow-up report in 6-12 months to see what the more long-term impact of the program has been.
Keep up the great work! :)
Hello Mel!
Thank you, we believe sharing our results is not only a way to share with the community our efforts, but also serves as an incentive for the mentees to keep up the good work.
As I replied to Joseph, we are still running the second cohort of this first iteration of the mentorship program. We expect to share the results of this second cohort in ~one month from now, so you’ll be hearing (or reading) from us sooner rather than later.
Please, feel free to join us to our next “Final Projects Presentation Event” on September 14th at 9 am (Mexico City Time), we’d be happy to see you there.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-2gqzkoGN3v0Sqa1m9TpMwQlJq5wVZs