July 27, 2016
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Portland’s own Yatta Barnett, Caleb Sprio, Atiya Rauf, Anayeli Diaz-Espinosa and Kayla Gadd were the dream team chosen for Bank of America’s Student
Leaders eight-week, paid internship program.
Investing in Student Leaders
Bank of America is helping
five Portland students with in-
vesting in their futures, which
helps develop the next genera-
tion of local leaders by recog-
nizing community-minded high
school students and connecting
them to employment, profes-
sional development and service
opportunities.
Yatta Barnett, Caleb Sprio, Ati-
ya Rauf, Anayeli Diaz-Espinosa
and Kayla Gadd were the dream
team chosen for Bank of Ameri-
ca’s Student Leaders eight-week,
paid internship program.
The students have been intern-
ing with Habitat for Humanity
working on various projects from
research and writing, to visiting
the construction sites and learning
the general operations of a non-
profit.
According to a Brookings In-
stitution report, paid youth em-
ployment programs that connect
young people to education, train-
ing and the job market can be ef-
fective tools in keeping them on
a trajectory for future success.
Olympics Zika Warning
Risk too great for pregnant women
The Oregon Health Authority
is recommending most travelers
to the Olympic and Paralympic
Games in Rio de Janeiro take steps
during and after travel to prevent
Zika infection, but advising preg-
nant women not to go.
Zika is a virus usually spread
through bites from two types of Ae-
des mosquitoes, but it can spread
from infected men to their partners
through sexual contact. New evi-
dence suggests that women may be
able to transmit Zika to their sexual
partners as well. Pregnant wom-
en are advised to not travel to the
games or any Zika-affected area.
“Pregnant women should not go
to any Zika-affected area because
of the potential for serious effects
on their babies,” said Suzanne
Zane, maternal and child health
epidemiologist in the OHA Public
Health Division. Zika can cause
birth defects including microceph-
aly, in which the brain and head of
an infant are smaller than usual.
“Even women who are not try-
ing to get pregnant should protect
themselves from Zika during trav-
el because half of pregnancies are
unplanned,” Zane said.