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March 25, 2025

Defining High-Quality Programming at Summer Search

Ursulina Ramirez, Summer Search CEO shares more about what high-quality program and mentorship means at Summer Search. Read more from Ursulina as she dives into this as well as the long-term outcomes we seek for our students.

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January 31, 2025

Summer Search Panel Recap: The Powerful Role of Mentorship in the Workplace

In honor of National Mentoring Month, Summer Search hosted a virtual panel to discuss the powerful role of mentorship in the workplace. The panel was moderated by Summer Search CEO, Ursulina Ramirez and featured  a diverse panel who spoke to their experiences seeking mentors throughout their careers and discussed the ways in which they advocated for mentoring programs.

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March 20, 2024

Celebrating Women’s History: A Conversation

“My job became so much easier when I allowed myself to show up as me.” – Hermese Velasquez

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June 12, 2023

A Declaration with Pride

Pride Month is a celebration of how far we have come to allow each and every person to live freely and fully as themselves, regardless of their sexual or gender identity.

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March 21, 2023

Bag Lady

We are asked to consider what it means to be a woman… what it means to be Latina, the mama of two little ones, a leader, a life partner/wife, a friend and an advocate and an ally.

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December 6, 2022

Welcoming Ursulina Ramirez

Summer Search is honored to welcome Ursulina Ramirez, our CEO.

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April 8, 2021

CJE: Building Racial Equity in Corporate America

Summer Search kicked off our Championing for Justice and Equity (CJE) series with a conversation about corporate America’s role in advancing racial equity.

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February 6, 2016

Summer Search + Super Bowl 50

Summer Search is one of five game-changing Bay Area non-profits who are benefitting from the generosity of what some are calling “the most charitable Super Bowl, ever.”

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