Dynamic Futures is a four-week summer program offering Worcester area teens an opportunity to learn about careers in fields like psychology, psychiatry, and social work while gaining valuable paid experience and a better understanding of their own mental health.

Dynamic Futures, run by UMass Chan Medical School in collaboration with the city’s Health and Human Services Office, local schools, and other community partners, aims to inspire residents ages 16 to 18 who are underrepresented in medicine to enter these fields at a time when there is a national shortage of providers, especially those from communities of color.