CHAMPS

The Dr. Barbara Staggers Community Health and Adolescent Mentoring Program for Success (CHAMPS) (formerly called FACES for the Future) supports Oakland Unified School District high school students interested in health professions. This two-and-a-half-year internship at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland combines a comprehensive academic program with career planning and clinical shadowing experiences. CHAMPS is a collaboration with OUSD high schools, health care academies, colleges, universities, medical schools and residency programs.

CHAMPS_Class of 2024, 2025, and 2026

Program Features

  • Academic guidance and support
  • College preparation
  • Community engagement
  • Health care education
  • Hospital and other health care internships
  • Mentoring
  • Professional development and leadership training

Eligibility

  • High school 10th grader
  • Attending an OUSD participating high school

*UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.

Two high school students engaging with UCSF mentors in the EH Internship


For questions, please contact us at [email protected].