Expanding undergraduate research training and skillsets beyond traditional methods offers a significant opportunity to broaden participation in the Earth sciences. The "place-based" approach, an evidence-based practice that connects research experiences to direct experience of a place, which significantly improves learning outcomes. Hazards research effectively motivates engagement as a desire to contribute to community resilience drives many geoscience students. In the Pacific Northwest, geohazards associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone represent an obvious place-based opportunity to engage a diverse undergraduate cohort. The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) Geoscience Education and Inclusion program piloted "Cores to Code (C2C)", a summer school designed to provide an introductory, interdisciplinary research experience focused on the earthquake history of Cascadia. The program, led by members of CRESCENT's Cascadia Paleoseismology working group (CPAL), was organized as a three week-long experiential learning opportunity that consisted of field, laboratory, and computer modeling modules. In the field module, students extracted and described sediment cores in the coastal marshes of Humboldt Bay to identify and map past earthquake-driven land-level changes. Students processed their core samples in the laboratory module. They identified key stratigraphic contacts and used microscope analysis of microfossils to interpret paleoenvironments and reconstruct land-level change. The final module introduced Python coding to explore how to characterize past Cascadia earthquakes using geologic data in geophysical models. Students not only gained hands-on experience in research, but they also gained professional skills. Each research activity required the cohort to practice communication, teamwork, and time management. They met with local emergency managers to learn about career opportunities from working professionals. The C2C program offered a unique opportunity to explore real-world scientific and societal challenges and be exposed to future career pathways.