In Episode 205, we sit down with Nick Martin, a graduate assistant in his final year of the Community-Based Block (CBB) program, and Karim Plascencia, an undergraduate student with hands-on experience in youth mentoring and community-engaged service. Together, they reflect on what it means to step into the helping professions as young men navigating identity, purpose, belonging, and professional direction.

The conversation highlights the transformative role of service learning, in which undergraduate students gain real-world experience supporting middle and high school students. Nick, grounded in the CBB tradition of multicultural community counseling and social justice-oriented practice, shares how relational presence, cultural humility, and meeting students where they are form the heart o ...