The University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) received a grant from the National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities for the CAncer Training Affecting Lives of Young Scientists and Teachers (CATALYST) program. CATALYST will serve as the cancer-focused arm of the groundbreaking UMB CURE program that began in 2015 to provide broad STEM enrichment and wraparound support to middle school students and their families from West Baltimore communities. Our long-term goal is to excite the next generation of researchers and caregivers about careers in STEM fields and provide them with experiences that foster their success to ultimately produce a biomedical workforce that reflects the diversity of our country.