Fellow Bio:
Marisa grew up in Green Bay and earned her undergraduate degree at UW-Madison. She spent time as a nanny in Europe before applying to medical school. Her interests are in prevention and outreach patient education.

The Mentorship Achievement Program (MAP) matches M1s and M2s with 6th or 7th graders from O'Keefe or Toki Middle Schools. These pairs meet at least twice a month and participate in a wide variety of activities such as: community service, movies, sports, and homework. The mentor commitment is for 1 year after the pair first meets, although it is hoped that all relationships will last much longer.

To offer direction to struggling middle school students by providing one-on-one contact with strong, reliable role models. To nurture self-confidence, responsibility, and potential in underprivileged kids who may be lacking such positive reinforcement from other aspects of their life.

MAP is now 3 years old and has become an established medical school community service program. When I started clinical rotations, I turned over MAP leadership responsibilities to 2 groups of dedicated and enthusiastic M2's who have added a great deal to the program - including an established mentor development lecture series and more group activities. MAP (along with MEDIC) was also recognized by the University of Wisconsin chancellor as an outstanding community service program.

Each new group of leaders faces the challenge of balancing school work with the logistics and energy needed to run MAP well. This just takes time - and realistic goals. This was difficult for me to accomplish as a M2 starting MAP and will continue to be a challenge for each new group of leaders. I've been overwhelmingly impressed with each group's accomplishments.

• confidentiality issues
• scheduling conflicts
• unwillingness to commit to being a mentor
• mentors not meeting with their mentee enough

VOLUNTEERS TO BE MENTORS!

MAP added tremendous depth to my medical training. I'm grateful to the LOCUS program for allowing me to work on such a project. I am also incredibly grateful to Sharon Younkin for championing MAP since its beginning.

Graduation Requirements Progress Chart
If you complete the requirements outlined below, you will graduate as a LOCUS fellow.

A indicates the item has been completed.

Completed	When	What	On-line
	Year 1: Beginning of Semester 2	New Project Report	Submit Report
	Year 2: Beginning of Semester 1	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 2: Beginning of Semester 2	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 3: Beginning of third year	Project Update	Submit Update
	Year 4: August of fourth year	2-3 page final summary of project that includes a reflective evaluation of the project process	N/A
	Ongoing	Participate in program evaluation (written and/or focus group)	View Options
	By the end of fourth year	Select poster, presentation, paper, creative option or your own idea	View Options

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