Health Careers
Meet the possibilities in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, research, healthcare administration, and more through career exposure and mentorship.
CLOSE THE GAP NEXTGEN
Your voice matters.
Your future does, too.
A planned youth health-equity and leadership pathway for middle school, high school, and early-college students in South Florida. Explore health careers, find mentors, and turn ideas into community action.
WHAT WE’RE DEVELOPING
Learn about health.
See what’s possible.
Four areas will guide our student programming, with schools, youth organizations, and mentors helping shape a thoughtful, age-appropriate experience.
Health Equity
Explore how transportation, housing, food, insurance, language, and policy shape people’s health and their ability to find care.
Leadership & Advocacy
Practice storytelling, public speaking, teamwork, civic engagement, and community advocacy. Your perspective has a place in the conversation.
Innovation Project
Work in a student team to identify a local health challenge and design a practical, community-informed solution.
A PILOT WE’RE SHAPING
Learn.
Lead.
Belong.
NextGen Health Equity AcademyProposed pilot · Enrollment not open
NextGen Health
Equity Academy
We’re exploring a four-to-six-session cohort where students learn about health equity, connect with mentors, and develop a community health project.
The proposed final showcase would bring students together with families, clinicians, public-health leaders, and local partners to share their ideas.
- Sessions
- 4–6 proposed
- Dates & location
- To be confirmed
- Participation
- Details in development
Could we build this
with your school?
We’d love to hear from schools, youth organizations, healthcare professionals, universities, and potential mentors in Miami-Dade and Broward. Help shape the pilot and the support students need.
Discuss a NextGen partnershipOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH YOU
There’s a place
for you here.
Your questions, ideas, and lived experience belong in the conversation. Help shape what comes next.
Start a conversation