CASI Youth Mentoring Event

The October 28th free event will take place at the Community Shared Spaces in the Carmel Barnyard. The event is open to the public and will take place between 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm. It is geared toward interested middle schoolers, high schoolers, and college students, with the adult public also welcome to attend. After the keynote presentations, there will be time to meet our featured speakers: Katie Bruzzone will speak on CASI's art theme of Coastal Inspiration, and Michael Hogan will speak on biotechnology. Subsequent to the keynote presentations, California Arts and Sciences Institute mentors in science and economics will be present to discuss the 2024/2025 CASI Student Writing Contest.

Art Mentoring: Students interested in next year’s CASI Student Art Contest can ask questions about the 2024/2025 new contest. The CASI Student Art Project Manager, Katie Bruzzone, and noted Carmel artist Jennifer Perlmutter will oversee the art mentoring. 

Science, Forensics, Economics and Art History Mentoring:  An update will be given to middle school, high school and college students, who are interested in writing an original paper in science, economics, or art history. CASI mentors are national experts in their scientific and economic fields; these mentors will discuss a range of topics of potential exploration, including: flora and fauna of the Central Coast; criminology; forensic research, biotech research; atmospheric science; marine science; energy generation alternatives (geothermal, nuclear, wind, natural gas, solar, hydroelectric); capital investment strategies (equities, bonds, real estate, precious metals); energy policy; cryptocurrency; housing economics. Mentors of this writing contest will include nationally known economists Dr. Francois Melese, Dr. David Henderson and nationally noted physicist Dr. Michael Hogan.