SolarCorps

It's that time of the year when we start recruiting for our next cohort of SolarCorps Fellows! In honor of this year's cohort, fellows share a fun fact and their most significant takeaway from serving at GRID Central Valley.

Sergio Ramirez De Jesus, Outreach Coordinator

Each year, GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles (GRID GLA) invites our SolarCorps Fellows to a solar installation in order to make sure each fellow gets a well-rounded learning experience. This year our SolarCorps Install was in May, and our Fellows had a great day installing solar panels for a homeowner who qualified for free, state funded rooftop solar.

Meet Brittney, a 2022-23 SolarCorps Construction Fellow, a graduate of our Installation Basics Training (IBT) program, and a current resident of Mirasol Village, where GRID Alternatives North Valley just installed a 137.9 kW solar photovoltaic system! We sat down with her to talk about her time in IBT, her transition into SolarCorps, and her experience living at Mirasol Village.

Eric Cortes, Workforce & Training Programs Manager

After my internship at GRID in April 2021, I sought a deeper perspective of GRID’s operations. Here’s my reflection as an Outreach Fellow in the 2021 SolarCorps cohort, where I’ve determined three important factors that people may not know about SolarCorps.

In a world deeply impacted by the effects of climate change, GRID’s SolarCorps Fellowship program provides an 11-month, frontline experience in the climate action movement. We interviewed Erik Rodriguez Cerda, now a full-time member of GRID staff, about his time in the recent 2021 SolarCorps cohort, and identified three valuable questions to ask yourself if you are considering a fellowship with GRID.

“Eye-opening and informative” says Jovan Villa, as he sums up the eleven months of his SolarCorps Construction Fellowship at GRID Alternatives, Inland Empire.