Bridge to Employment (BTE), a new three-year program in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, San Diego subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Hoover High School and Rady Children’s Hospital, involves 46 Hoover High School students beginning in their sophomore year. The BTE program, with more than 65 sites world-wide, is designed to increase the number of students who… [Read More]

In Fall 2015, FACES San Diego grew its program by starting a new FACES program at Crawford High School. Crawford High School’s 44 new FACES students meet weekly and learn about a wide variety of careers in healthcare. Healthcare professionals and career panels present to students at least once a month. “These students are hungry… [Read More]

Linh Dao learned how to read x-rays as a teenager in an Oakland, California high school program called FACES for the Future. She was the first graduate of the FACES program to be accepted to medical school, and in 2013, Dr. Dao returned to Oakland to begin her residency in internal medicine. In September, the… [Read More]

Released in September 2015, FACES for the Future was highlighted in a new report as a best practice program for building internships for youth interested in health careers. Over the past year, FACES for the Future Coalition staff participated in a working group gathered by the California Hospital Association.  Funded by the James Irvine Foundation,… [Read More]

On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Samuel Merritt University’s Physician Assistant (PA) program hosted The Great Gatsby Fundraiser Game Night, benefiting the FACES for the Future Coalition. “We chose to partner with FACES because many of our classmates were mentors to the high school students last school year,” said Rochell Ermitanio, PA student. “Through this mentorship,… [Read More]