News & Events

MESA will be operating all programs virtually for the 2020-2021 school year.

Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their love for Oregon MESA at 35th Birthday Bash celebration!

Oregon MESA is launching its first open enrollment virtual program, Invention Clubs, to support students who, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have limited access to a MESA Schools Program at their school.

Yareli Torres Rincon doesn’t consider herself an average 18-year-old still trying to get her life together…

Thien Nguyen graduated in December 2019 from Northeastern University with a degree in computer science…

When Portland’s Tilikum Crossing bridge officially opened in 2015, it was the first new bridge across the Willamette River in Portland since 1973…

A young Camille Bass fought hard to carve out a place for women of color in the tech industry…

Bosco Kante — stage name Bosko — grew up in Portland making music, making beats and rapping with friends…

Read our open letter in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement.