When Sheldon Rosa started his first summer internship as a José E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) undergraduate scholar in 2019, he saw more than an opportunity to gain hands-on experience and contribute to NOAA research — he also saw a chance to give back to his home state of Hawai'i.
EPP/MSI scholar Sheldon Rosa standing at the dock of Phillips Wharf Environmental Center in Maryland in 2019, where he piloted the educational toolkit with 4th - 9th grade summer camp students. (Image credit: Sheldon Rosa)