(There's also an Office of Education at NASA headquarters that runs agency - wide programs such as scholarships and research opportunities for students and efforts to attract more minority students into space science.) (sciencemag.org)
More specifically, I attribute my participation in one of the federal programs created to channel more minority students into graduate programs, the AUC - MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) program (see also this site), with helping to prepare me for graduate study and the pursuit of a Ph.D.. (sciencemag.org)
Aziza Baccouche — Dr. Z, as she calls herself — has made a career connecting scientific research to the people it could affect, such as informing patients about medical developments and getting more minority students interested in science. (sciencemag.org)