Testimonials
2018 | Seoul | U.S. Embassy
I was drawn to Seoul by both its rich and detailed historical narratives and its evolving presence on the modern world stage. I believe Seoul is a unique city, and I am truly grateful to have interned there at a time when its peninsular and international relations are changing by the day. During my...
2018 | Riga, Latvia | TechHub Riga
The trip has been an eye-opening, culturally enriching experience. Before this trip, I was never much of a traveler. I had always had plans of travel - maybe once I finished school, got a job, or whatever excuse I could make for myself-, but I never truly seized any opportunity to do as such. I...
2018 | Shanghai | IoT ONE
The most valuable thing that I'm going to bring back with me on campus is an informed perspective. Having lived a new culture, with unique traditions, and interesting experiences, I feel like my perspective has been broadened past what it was coming into this summer. Within a broadened perspective...
2018 | Sydney, Australia | Art Gallery of New South Wales
To begin, if you haven’t visited Sydney and you have the opportunity, I highly recommend it. The city is a place filled with an immense amount of culture, beautiful art, and delicious food.
2018 | Hong Kong | Youth Global Network
This summer, I worked on a computer science education initiative organized by the non-profit Youth Global Network and the University of Hong Kong.
2018 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Heinrich Heine University
This summer, I had the unique opportunity to spend ten weeks pursuing independent biology research at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was an experience of a lifetime.
2018 | Piran, Slovenia | Morigenos
Morigenos is a nonprofit NGO that conducts research on and pursues the conservation of marine mammals, particularly the Common Bottlenose Dolphin, in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Through Morigenos, I had the chance to see dolphins up close, assist with field data collection, and learn how to photo ID...
2018 | Kigali, Rwanda | Earth Enable
This past summer, I was very blessed to act like a bridge between Earth Enable's executives and the clients in Rwanda. Earth Enable’s goal is to install healthy earthen flooring to replace dirt floors. I conducted two research projects. The first was an internal audit to redefine one position...
2017 | Beijing | Leadership Matrix Network
This summer I got the amazing opportunity to intern at Leadership Matrix Network (LMN) in Beijing, a social enterprise working with children's rights that supports public welfare undertakings related to children. I've had a rewarding experience helping the team there with research on child's rights...
2017 | Brussels | Doctors Without Borders
This summer I had an amazing time interning in Brussels, Belgium, pursuing extremely rewarding work in the form of a self-directed qualitative research study for Doctors Without Borders at their headquarters. This has allowed me to fulfill a life-long dream of getting to work with Doctors Without...
2017 | Pune, India | Forbes Marshall
Before coming to Stanford, I would have never imagined myself visiting, let alone working in, India. I thought it too foreign, too unruly, too uncomfortable. However, when the opportunity to work for Forbes Marshall arose, I decided to push myself and took the job. In retrospect, I couldn’t have...
2017 | Shanghai & Suzhou, China | 6Connex China
During my internship I had the opportunity to create a web platform while working at 6Connex. My technical skills improved immensely, and I loved the experience of working at a small company and learning how to balance many different types of tasks at once and contribute directly to products being...
2017 | Cape Town, South Africa | Lalela
I spent 9 weeks this summer working in Cape Town with an organization called Lalela. Lalela is a non-profit organization that provides educational arts programs for at-risk youth in South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the United States. I worked primarily as a communications intern for Lalela -...
2017 | Chengdu, China | Yi Hou Medical Group
My internship in Chengdu is the most unforgettable experience I've ever had. I have become more independent and cultured! Before starting this internship, I was set into becoming a plastic surgeon. I love art and biology so plastic surgery was a way I could mesh my two passions together. I interned...
2016 | Bluefields | blueEnergy
It is one thing to know that people in developing countries live in complete poverty with a lack of access to so many basic resources such as electricity, clean water, and sometimes even food. It is completely different, however, to go live that life for 2 months, especially after growing up in a...
2016 | Accra | IMANI
Three big projects dominated my time at IMANI Ghana, running me through the gauntlet of research, report writing, keynote presentation and interviews with major TV and Radio networks. The first of these was IMANI’s Fiscal Recklessness Index, a report detailing financial irregularities within public...
2016 | Shanghai | Gap Inc., Greater China
This past summer, I interned at GAP Inc.'s ecommerce department in Shanghai, China. It was a wonderful professional and cultural experience. My daily responsibilities included collaborating with different departments to design the weekly promotional plan, creating marketing material for customers...
2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio 2016
This program gave me the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone linguistically, personally and professionally. Over the course of two months, I went from cautiously interacting with my host family with my two-quarters- worth of Portuguese two giving detailed flag-hanging protocol instructions...
2016 | Taipei | Fulbright
Part of the reason I loved working for Fulbright was how varied the summer was, and the different aspects of the Fulbright teaching program I was involved with. It felt like a rollercoaster ride, high-stress days followed by low stress periods.
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2016 | Tokyo | igsZ
I'd never been to Japan before and could not be more grateful that my first real exposure to the country was through my internship with igsZ, a joint venture education-finance company with a start-up feel. From the get-go I was entrusted with full responsibility of deliverables for several projects...
