Thursday, February 22, 2007

CSTEP Alumni Profile: Molain Saintilus


A recent graduate of New York University’s C-STEP Program, Molain received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Psychology and a minor in Chemistry. During his undergraduate years, Molain conducted research in cognitive neuroscience, in which he completed his honors thesis and received First Place Awards for Poster Presentations at both the 2005 C-STEP Statewide Student Research Conference and the 2006 Undergraduate Research Conference at NYU.

Additionally, he served on the Executive Board for the Black Students Science Organization at NYU for three years, the latter of which he served as President. Molain also served as a Peer Educator in Residence for the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at NYU, in which he conducted workshops on cultural diversity awareness.

Outside of school, Molain has held leadership positions within his church’s Youth Organization and was also a volunteer for College Connection, a mentoring program for inner city Junior High School students.

For his services to New York University, Molain was a recipient of several awards, which include: the President’s Service Award for Programming, the Student Achievement Award from the Association of Black Faculty, Administrators and Staff at NYU and the Ronald McNair Award for Science and Technology from the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs. Molain is currently working on his Masters in Public Health at NYU and aspires to attend Medical School following completion of his current studies.

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