by CSO Brayan Alejos, Guanajuato, Mexico

Hello, my name is CSO Brayan and I am from Guanajuato, Mexico. I am part of the CSO program. When I first joined the Chief Science Officer’s Program, I did not know what I was going to do for my Action Plan. I came up with the idea of making an advertisement for the technology courses offered at my school. I also shared about my own experience in the technology courses and gave examples of the class work. That way students would have an idea of what courses would be most attractive to them.   

By sharing my experience, there might be fewer students who leave in the middle of their course. I chose this as my Action Plan because I would have loved to have someone to help me choose my courses.

Being a CSO has helped me grow in a lot of ways. For example, I used to get embarrassed about speaking in front of a lot of people, but now I feel confident to present in front of any sized group. I am very proud to be part of the Chief Science Officers program; I meet people from all over the world, I learn from them and they learn something from me.

For my current Action Plan, I am developing a survey at my school to learn about the promotion of reading. I want to find out how many people at my school are interested in literature and how many are not interested. I will use this data to promote literature in my school so that more students will be interested in reading. 

Are you interested in joining the CSO program? To find out how you or your school can get involved, contact Sarah@chiefscienceofficers.org.