Bank of America Student Leaders® Application Deadline Is Jan. 29

High school juniors and seniors in Reston, throughout Fairfax County, and the entire DMV region are encouraged to apply for the 2021 Bank of America Student Leaders summer leadership-development program, a unique, competitive, annual summer leadership-development program for some of America's most promising young people.

Application deadline is Friday, January 29, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. ET, and no extensions or exceptions will be granted. Students may apply online at https://www.bit.ly/bofastudentleaders; full eligibility criteria for the Student Leaders program are listed at https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/global-impact/student-leader-eligibility-criteria.html. More information is available at https://www.bankofamerica.com/studentleaders.

As part of the program, Student Leaders will participate in an eight-week paid internship with a local nonprofit organization, working 35 hours per week. The program culminates in a week-long expenses-paid National Student Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. The 2021 Summit is set for July 12-17, and may - like the 2020 Summit - be held virtually to comply with health guidelines for travel and gatherings.

WJLA-TV segment by reporter John Gonzalez covering the 2019 Bank of America National Student Leaders Summit at the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.: https://wjla.com/news/local/students-prepare-personal-kits-for-veterans-at-red-cross-in-dc

To qualify as a Student Leader candidate, students must:

• be a high school junior or senior in good standing
• be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship through the end of September 2021
• obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator
• be available to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization, working 35 hours a week
• be available to participate in a week-long expenses-paid National Student Leaders Summit

Since Bank of America began the program in 2004, more than 5,400 high schoolers across the country have benefited from the Student Leaders experience. Over the past 18 summers, dozens of students representing a variety of high schools across Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, and Washington, D.C., have been Bank of America Student Leaders.