INTERNSHIP REFLECTIONS

WEEKLY (6 WEEK) REFLECTIONS FOR 2020 STUDENT INTERNSHIP WITH PASSION IMPACT

WEEK 1

Finishing up the first week of the internship. It was great! A lot of the other student interns were awesome to work with. It felt nice to be able to be more productive ever since school had ended. It had given me something to do while stuck at home with nothing to do. We got through our first two workshops! The first one was led by Stefan on Hard & Soft skills. Going into the workshop clueless about what these words meant. I had learned a lot! Our second workshop was with Adrianna where we got to discuss more Diversity and Identity. It had educated me more on the topic and gave me time to think about these things because I usually don’t. Overall finishing the first week was fun! I really enjoy getting to work on these given projects!

Week 2

The second week went by fast. We had our first article discussion this week. Everyone had gone. It was cool getting to discuss with everyone! Then most of the time was left for us to do our own work. It’s great having a lot of time because personally I don’t like to be rushed when working on big projects like these. We got to our third workshop of the internship with Stefan, which was so fun. We got to play Kahoot. Then we got to our very first game day hosted by the development team where we played a very fun game of Uno. Finishing the second week of the internship, it feels like this is going by way too fast!

Week 3

This week went by very fast. The team worked on recruiting things mostly this week and we were able to prep for next week's interview with the potential VEP members. The website is getting somewhere, which is great. We had a workshop this week on how to make your resume better. It was very cool to be able to attend because it was very helpful in trying to update my current resume. Then we had the workshop with Adrianna on identity. This week felt so short that I don’t even remember. Going into our 4th week next week is kinda sad because I know that I am gonna miss doing this work.

week 4

Going into the fourth week with all types of emotions. It felt like this week had many small tasks but still many big emotions. From having our manifestation article discussion. Discussing our goals. The goals were short and quick but it felt so meaningful at the same time. The article discussion really had me thinking of what I want. Usually, it’s what others want which I know. But sitting down to think about what I wanted to come true was hard because, to be honest, I have everything I want right now. Living in the present. There were many meetings with my internship partner Mery. Though it was like 3 hours in total with her. We had got so much done. It’s crazy how well we’re able to work together. We managed to get 1 min of the video script done in just an hour. Ahead of schedule, we decided to work on our committee description and checklist. Then finally we had our VEP group interview. Going into it, I was so nervous. The fact that all of the interviewees were my friends and the fact that I held high expectations from them. Overall it was great, everyone did well. We had our cover letter writing workshop this week. And to be honest it was cool but not as helpful as I would’ve thought. Most of my stuff was learned from jobs 101 so I knew all the information that was given. Finishing by Friday. It’s crazy how these 4 weeks online were able to bring together the interns. I got to see the chemistry that this current group has, which is crazy. And I already know it. That this year's group will do amazing things.

week 5

I don’t know if it’s me or the cool weather but, this week has gone by faster than Lightning Mcqueen. The last thing I remember was our article discussion on the BLM movement. Then the VEP 2nd interview where three of our interns went and interviewed Mikki and Duncan since they couldn’t make our first interview. After we have a discussion on how the interview had gone and personally that was quite an interesting meeting since everyone had lots of preferences and thoughts on the interns but we did get a feel of whom we were accepting and who we were not. Then moving on to Wednesday we got a chance to talk about the final decision on the VEP team for the next incoming year. The result was really unexpected. To think about it now, I am pretty happy about the teams we have created. I am very proud of myself and others. This was definitely a team effort project for it to be this successful. This week, I had so many meetings with my committee partner, Mery. Not that I hate it. It went great! We got to finish so much work and its great to see that we are on track. The thing about Mery and I is that we both have strengths in different areas. Since I am stronger on the creativity part I came up with the idea with the script and video idea. While Mery has more skilled in graphic design, she works on the checklist. We get to do lots of the work on each project while having each other as extra help. I know this was a great week because today I feel great and it’s a Friday!

week 6

This is it. It's the last day of the internship and the last week. I don't know what to feel as of right now as I'm sitting on my chair at my desk writing my final words. The last few weeks went by fast by my surprise. It's safe to say that my life is definitely different. The interns are like my besties now and we all get along. Our projects for the internship are finally done except out volunteer event. The challenges that were shared or wasn't has overcome. Going into my last few hours of being in this internship. I got use to waking up early and started enjoying working in the morning. It helped me get my sleep schedule back. These last few weeks is definitely something I won't ever forget even when I'm old and in college. Within in a month I was able to grow as individual, a teammate, and a committee partner. Also not to forgot Adrianna. I felt myself getting more comfortable with her as time passed. Even though she's my second boss. She's definetely the best. Getting through the workshop. They weren't what I expected at all. It had really openend my eyes through lots of things. Especially myself. It's definitly a great feeling since I still have my senior year left to enjoy it. I wanted to give a big thank you for our donors for making this internship possible. Thank you.