Reclaim Childhood, Jordan This summer, I worked as a funding and strategy intern for Reclaim Childhood (RC). RC creates safe and inclusive spaces for refugees and local girls in Jordan to thrive by playing sports, working with coaches and building community. I first became involved with RC five years ago,… Continue reading »
Jewish Family Services of Western Massachusetts, Springfield, MA Jewish Family Service (JFS) provides social services to Western Massachusetts’ diverse community. The New American Program welcomes forcibly resettled individuals to the Berkshires. Throughout my time at JFS, I helped dozens of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees make their homes near the Williams… Continue reading »
Youth, Education & Sport (YES) Initiative, Pittsfield, MA This summer I interned for the Youth, Education & Sport (YES) Initiative, a nonprofit youth mentorship platform evolving the way untapped scholar athletes develop through college. YES was founded by Patrick Gordon ’17, whom I met through one of my teammates, and… Continue reading »
McLean Hospital, Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute, Belmont, MA This summer, I worked as a research assistant at McLean Hospital at the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute (GPDI) under the supervision of Dr. Lois Choi-Kain. GPDI specializes in research about borderline personality disorder, which has a history of being highly stigmatized within… Continue reading »
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA This summer I was very fortunate to be able to work in Dr. Priscilla Brasianos’s brain metastasis research lab at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Brain metastasis is cancer that has originated elsewhere in the body but spreads to the brain, penetrating the blood-brain barrier. In… Continue reading »
Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston, MA This summer I worked at the Wilson Lab, researching the genetic causes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This lab operates in the Center for Regenerative Medicine, which is a unique partnership between Boston University and Boston Medical… Continue reading »
Tyler Street Lab, Pittsfield, MA This summer I worked a hybrid internship doing research remotely and presenting to kids in local communities in Western Massachusetts. As the goal of my internship was to provide education on mental and physical health for adolescents I focused a lot of my time reading… Continue reading »
Health Equity International, Newton, MA I enjoyed working as a grant writer and communications intern at Health Equity International this summer. I loved my job because it kept me on my toes. I never knew what to expect from day to day. Although I was an intern, I felt I… Continue reading »
Peace Development Fund, Amherst, MA Over the summer, I had the pleasure of interning at the Peace Development Fund (PDF), a public foundation dedicated to funding and supporting grassroots, social activist organizations across America. At PDF, there are many types of funds that grant-seeking organizations can receive in accordance with… Continue reading »
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA This summer I worked at the Mannix/Meehan/Qiu Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital. Broadly the lab works on exploring traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and concussions. They look at different treatments for concussions, blood biomarkers for analyses and behavioral outcomes. They currently use a mouse model but… Continue reading »