WLYC College Leadership and Mentorship Program

Join our familia during your undergraduate and graduate studies at UW to build your administrative, event planning, and leadership skills. We also provide opportunities to expand your professional network, build community, and provide service learning and community engagement to Latine/x students across Wyoming. College leaders, mentors, and workshop facilitators receive training to work with youth at the start of the Fall semester. There are other opportunities throughout the year to build and enhance your leadership skills. College students receive a Leadership Certificate upon graduation signed by the UW President and ED of WLYC.

Opportunities Include:

College Leader and Mentor
- Join our WLYC team and participate with our annual Wyoming Latina Youth Conference by leading and mentoring a group of conference youth participants. Latine/x and Hispanic representation is impactful to our youth participants as they see themselves and their potential in you!
- Travel with WLYC faculty and staff to different schools in Wyoming throughout the year to work and foster relationships with Latine/x youth in their schools and hometowns.
Workshop Leader
- Design and facilitate your own workshop for the WLYC Conference. (Must have prior experience teaching and working with youth).
Internship or Work-Study at WLYC
- Work with WLYC faculty and staff in our offices for hands on experience.
  - Internship: Enroll in a course for 3-12 credit hours (can work 10-25 hours per week).
  - Work-study: Federal Work-Study is a need-based program that provides employment opportunities to eligible students to help meet the cost of their college education. WLYC work-study students work up to 10 hours weekly.