Cook It, Heal It, Build It: Real Careers Up Close!

Schedule: 06/25/2026, 03:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 40 minutes

Description

In this live panel session, 6th grade students will meet 3–5 professionals from a variety of career fields — ideally representing Culinary Arts, Allied Health, and STEM — and get a real, up-close look at what the working world is actually like. Students should leave feeling excited about career possibilities and able to connect what they explored during camp to real jobs real people do every day.

Please ask presenters to address the following:

• What is your job title, and what does a typical day look like for you?
• How did you first get interested in your career field?
• What classes or activities in middle school helped prepare you for where you are today?
• What's the coolest or most surprising part of your job?
• What advice would you give a 6th grader who is curious about your field?

Presented By

• Airis Johnson
  Food Marketing; Chef Instructor - Airis the Chef, LLC
• Lisa Sims
  Assistant Professor - University of Arizona Global Campus
• Jerry Sacca
  Construction Project Manager, Building Trades Career Instructor - Mentor - NJ Construction Technologies LLC

Extra Information

Session Type: Career Guest Speaker
Target Grade Levels: Grade 6
Subject Areas: Hospitality & Culinary Arts, Health, Science, Engineering, Mathematics
Career Clusters: Not Available
No. of Students: 100
Topic: Cook It, Heal It, Build It: Real Careers Up Close!
Industry: STEM, Culinary Arts, Allied Health
Skills/Specialties: Not Available