Left: Jacob Rogers, 15, and Naomy Velasco, 14, both of Sunnyside, help assemble a double helix DNA strand model at the NSF Potato Genome Summer Genomics Workshop held at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, WA. 25 Native American and Hispanic students from the Mid-Columbia participated in the program that aims to increase the participation of under-represented and ethnically diverse high-school and college students in plant genomics research.