"This was a best case scenario. I had never had a best case scenario happen in my entire life until then." When Christopher Medina-Kirchner was accepted into Columbia University's PhD program in psychology, he couldn't believe it. Recently, Christopher was featured in a PBS NOVA segment exploring scientists who began their careers while incarcerated.
At Columbia, he has received two Center for Science and Society Public Outreach Grants for his Formerly Incarcerated Research & Science Training (FIRST) Program. The FIRST program trains formerly incarcerated students to address social justice issues through interdisciplinary scientific research. You can learn more about the FIRST program via our spotlight series.
