CAREER ATLAS
Explore future-ready careers through immersive summer experiences in law and medicine.
Through our Career Atlas initiative, SOS helps San Antonio high school students explore in-demand career fields through real-world experiences, professional mentorship, and hands-on learning. Our current pathways focus on medical, engineering/manufacturing and legal/criminal justice professions, offering summer academies designed to open doors and spark ambition.
Want to learn more about the our robust summer Career Atlas programs?
See the various programs we offer below!
“It gives them the opportunity to know…what they want to pursue in life, and things that they didn't know maybe that existed here… in San Antonio”
- SOS Founder and Executive Director, Amir Samandi
Exploring Justice Program
Dive into the world of medicine through a week-long summer program filled with hands-on workshops, site visits to medical facilities, and real conversations with healthcare professionals. Designed for high school students curious about medical careers in San Antonio.
Teen Medical Academy
Explore careers in the legal and criminal justice fields with a week-day immersive program featuring skill-building workshops, career panels, and a special SAPD site visit. Open to San Antonio high school students ready to make a difference.
Youth Makers Academy
Delve into the world of making through a week-long summer program filled with hands-on workshops, site visits to engineering/manufacturing facilities, and real conversations with engineering and manufacturing professionals. Designed for high school students curious about medical careers in San Antonio.
Past Success
2024 & 2025 Program Highlights
42 students served through the Teen Medical Academy
Multiple site visits and hands-on activities
Positive community response and plans for future growth
Featured by News 4 WOAI:
Check out coverage of the Teen Medical Academy with videos, photos, and more!