{"id":27370,"date":"2019-08-13T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/08\/13\/three-recent-necc-grads-selected-for-prestigious-stem-fellowship-at-station1\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:17:28","slug":"three-recent-necc-grads-selected-for-prestigious-stem-fellowship-at-station1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/13\/three-recent-necc-grads-selected-for-prestigious-stem-fellowship-at-station1\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Recent NECC Grads Selected for Prestigious STEM Fellowship at Station1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21107\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/08\/Station1-Group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21107\" class=\"wp-image-21107 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/08\/Station1-Group-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"The three Station1 fellows pose with their faculty.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shown left to right George Whitfield, faculty; Ellan Spero, faculty; Jessica Figueroa, fellow; Yexis Hechavarria, fellow; Luis Robles, fellow; Christina Ortiz, faculty, and Francisco Martin-Martinez, faculty.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> (Haverhill and Lawrence, MA) graduates were selected for a summer fellowship with Station1, a nonprofit higher education institution based in Lawrence, Massachusetts focusing on frontier socially-oriented science and technology. The NECC graduates are participants in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.station1.org\/\">Station1 Frontiers Fellowship<\/a>, a prestigious science and technology based education, research and internship program.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Northern Essex graduates selected for Station1 fellowships include Jessica Figueroa of Haverhill; Yexis Hechavarria of Lawrence; and Luis Robles, also of Lawrence. \u201cJessica, Luis, and Yexis are incredibly talented, thoughtful, and creative students who contribute so much positive energy and intellectual insights to the Station1 cohort of Fellows, the curriculum, and internships,\u201d said Station1 Founder, and MIT Professor, Christine Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>The students were selected from many hundreds of applicants from across the nation and the world after a lengthy admissions process, to participate in a 270-hour internship in a leading science and technology company, and 100 hours of shared coursework focused on socially-directed science and technology, within a diverse mentorship network, focused on academic, career guidance, and social impact.\u00a0 Station1 Frontiers Fellows receive a comprehensive fellowship package including a living expenses stipend, housing, and transportation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21108\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/08\/Station1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21108\" class=\"wp-image-21108 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/08\/Station1-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The three Station1 fellows.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 NECC graduates: Jessica Figueroa of Haverhill, Yexis Hechavarria of Lawrence, and Luis Robles, also of Lawrence, were selected for a prestigious science and technology based summer research program.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jessica Figueroa of Haverhill, mother of two, who earned an Associates Degree in Engineering Science from Northern Essex, is currently majoring in Chemical Engineering at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.\u00a0 As a Station1 Fellow, Figueroa is participating in an internship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphios.com\/\">Aphios Corporation<\/a>, a biotechnology company developing treatments for cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV, and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease, multiple sclerosis, and opioid use disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Yexis Hechavarria, who earned an Associates Degree in Biology from Northern Essex and was this year\u2019s student commencement speaker, is an intern at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bambuglobal.com\/\">Bambu Vault<\/a> in Lowell, where she is working in research and development for biomedical applications.\u00a0In the fall, Hechavarria is transferring to Merrimack College to study biochemistry.\u00a0 Her long term goal is to attend medical school.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Robles graduated with an Associates Degree in Lab Science from Northern Essex, and plans to continue to pursue research in Chemistry after completing his fellowship, and balancing the needs of his family.\u00a0Robles\u2019 internship is with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.continuuspharma.com\/\">Continuus Pharmaceuticals<\/a> in Woburn, where he is contributing to pharmaceutical process research and development.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers more than 12 STEM programs that lead to jobs and\/or transfer to four-year colleges and universities.\u00a0 There are science, engineering, computer science, and laboratory science programs.\u00a0 To learn more about the STEM programs, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/innovative-programs\/stem-programs\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three recent NECC graduates, Yexis Hechavarria and Luis Robles, and Jessica Figueroa participated in the Station1 STEM Fellowship Program this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":27372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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