{"id":3043,"date":"2025-02-24T20:44:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:33:31","slug":"team-highlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/team-highlight\/","title":{"rendered":"HIRES at Heroes of High Ridge Walk\/Run &amp; Resource Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"section-cdb22076-256c-496e-b28e-60c99a0de07d\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-advanced-columns gutentor-section gutentor-advanced-columns has-color-bg has-custom-bg\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"section-9dd97ab6-bfef-4061-9b07-bce8a7d3f1ef\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-single-column gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-4 grid-md-12 grid-12\">\n<div id=\"section-g4f6ea7\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-g4f6ea7 gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-d6c16511-8bba-45bd-91e5-70186b63c4f8\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-single-column gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-8 grid-md-12 grid-12\">\n<section id=\"section-c8157cb5-1396-4aac-8a73-06933f872a4f\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-content-box gutentor-section gutentor-content-box-wrapper content-template1 text-left\"><div class=\"grid-container gutentor-rm-ct-space\"><div class=\"grid-row gutentor-grid-item-wrap\"><div class=\"gutentor-grid-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><div class=\"gutentor-single-item gutentor-single-item-0\"><div class=\"gutentor-single-item-wrap\"><div class=\"gutentor-single-item-content\"><h3 class=\"gutentor-single-item-title\">HIRES Team at <strong>Heroes of High Ridge Walk\/Run-<\/strong><strong>2024 Family &amp; Community Resource Fair<\/strong><\/h3><p class=\"gutentor-single-item-desc\">CUNY CREST HIRES team attended the 2024 Heroes of High Ridge Walk\/Run &amp; Family &amp; Community Resource Fair organized by the New Pathways Academy in NY on November 23, 2024. <br \/><br \/>Dr. Shakila Merchant, CUNY CREST HIRES Director along with team members; Mr. Cesar Ortiz, Dr. Vartika C. Saman, and Ms. Srishti Tyagi.  CREST HIRES Mentor and NOAA CESSRST II graduate fellow, Mr. Richard Rivera. also joined. During the District 9 resource fair at the Roberto Clemente State Park Gymnasium, CREST conducted outreach through its booth.<br \/><br \/>More than 400 NYC public school students (grade 8 through 12) and their families learnt about several internship opportunities across NY city including the CUNY CREST High School Initiative in Remote Sensing of the Earth Systems Engineering and Sciences (HIRES), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (NOAA EPP\/MSI) Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies II (CESSRST II), and the Earth System and Environmental Engineering (ESE) Program at CCNY. 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