Borderless Initiative, Kenya This summer was full of excitement and learning opportunities at my internship with Borderless Initiative in Nairobi, Kenya. Working at a small program that aims to provide comprehensive assistance to young Africans pursuing higher education allowed me to face challenges that led me to build numerous skills. Continue reading »
Boston University School of Medicine, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston, MA The Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), a department of the Boston University (BU) School of Medicine, is a collaborative unit composed of seven labs. This summer, I worked under Dr. Angie Serrano, conducting an independent bioinformatic analysis research project… Continue reading »
Resilience, Inc., Tampa, FL This summer I had the opportunity to try my hand at working with Resilience Inc., a medium-sized nonprofit that focuses on providing K-12 schools their social emotional learning curriculum and tools. Their aim is to develop students’ mindfulness in their mental health in the hopes of… Continue reading »
The Motherhood Center of New York, New York, NY The Motherhood Center of New York is dedicated to treating mothers struggling with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders that offers an outpatient program and a partial hospitalization program for more acute patients who may still need the care a day program… Continue reading »
Environment America, Denver, CO This summer I worked as an events coordinator intern for Environment America, the national environmental nonprofit, to help plan and coordinate a series of webinars relating to forest conservation. Environment America is a member of the climate forests campaign—a campaign containing a coalition of more than… Continue reading »
Berkshire NAACP, Pittsfield, MA This summer, I had the opportunity to intern with Berkshire County’s chapter of the NAACP. I worked with Dr. Jones-Sneed who is the chair of the education committee and a lead consultant for the Black Berkshire Oral History Initiative—the project that we worked on for the… Continue reading »
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, New Haven, CT This summer, I worked as a volunteer coordination intern at the nonprofit organization Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services in New Haven. Since the organization relies heavily on help from volunteers and interns, my main role was to manage roughly 300 volunteers. I… Continue reading »
Housing Options & Planning Enterprises, Inc., Oxon Hill, MD This summer I did a remote internship with a nonprofit based out of Maryland called Housing Options & Planning Enterprises (H.O.P.E.), a HUD-approved counseling agency that provides its community with financial literacy, pre-purchase and foreclosure intervention programs. H.O.P.E.’s staff provides comprehensive… Continue reading »
Tyler Street Lab, Pittsfield, MA This summer, I had the privilege of working with Shirley Edgerton, board member of the Tyler Street Lab and Pittsfield Public School District’s Proficiency Coach, curating summer curriculum in the arts for low-income elementary school students in the area. It was my every intention to… Continue reading »
New York League of Conservation Voters, New York, NY This summer, I wanted to intern somewhere that would expose me to one of the potential career paths that I would be interested in pursuing. Ultimately, I was able to take a summer position at the New York League of Conservation… Continue reading »