Mentoring Community
The Knight Scholars Program Mentoring Community
There is no one source of mentorship. It takes a village. We are a scientific community.
Scholars see what life looks like at different stages of training, in different fields, and what potential paths could look like.
Here are the primary communities where Knight scholars receive mentorship.
Near-Peer Mentors
Undergraduates and graduate students recently walked the path. We will have NIH-funded BUILD EXITO scholars serve as peer mentors with the program.
Research Mentors
In labs. In communities. In clinical settings. Research mentors show our scholars the diverse settings where cancer research occurs.
Career Mentors
Go beyond the science. What do careers look like in different cancer areas? Professionals and trainees give advice about what paths look like and what it takes to get there.
2022 Peer Mentor Team
Motutama (Motu) Sipelii (Returning; 2019 program) - Graduate student in Health Management & Policy in School of Public Health; Portland (Lead Peer Mentor)
Alex Vazquez-Cortes (Returning; 2021 program) - Resident advisor in Portland dorms
Cielo Hernandez (Returning; 2021 program) - Resident advisor in Portland dorms, Woodburn peer mentor
Amy Lin - Resident advisor in Portland dorms
Dalton Wesemann - Portland
Clare Hansen - Portland
Madeline Amezcua Montano - Portland, Woodburn
Natalie Partipilo - Portland
Deirdre McKay - Eastern Oregon
Janae Rhen - Southern Oregon
Joe Russo - Central Oregon
Together, as a cohort of scholars
Scholars, talk with each other about your own journeys in cancer research.
Share your stories, training experiences, and perspectives.