By: Sonia Tam, CAS ’24 Sonia working at home with her cat. KK Fund – Singapore Admittedly, perhaps half the reason I initially applied to KK Fund in Singapore was because of the location. As someone coming from Hong Kong applying during COVID-19 times, I wanted to believe that an in-person internship was perhaps possible…
By: Allison Dao, Wharton ’24 Allison getting ready for a Zoom meeting with company supervisors in the comfort of her own bedroom. Spend With Us – Sydney, Australia I’m currently working as a business strategy intern for the Australian e-commerce platform Spend With Us through GRIP’s Business in Sydney program. Despite the virtual environment, I chose…
By: Claudia Melendez, CAS ’23 Claudia working on a presentation in Spanish for her summer internship. América Solidaria – Argentina Having the opportunity to work for an NGO abroad has always been an aspiration of mine. There is so much to learn when you place yourself in a new community with a different culture and…
By: Abirami Murugadoss, Wharton ’23 Abirami editing HTML code for MailChimp campaigns. University of Sydney – Australia For the past week and a half, I have been working as a marketing intern for the Centre of Continuing Education (CCE) at the University of Sydney. Most of the tasks have been more focused on digital marketing…
By: Adrian Ke, CAS ’23 Adrian working on the Manna Project’s Instagram account. Manna Project International – Quito, Ecuador I have been working for Manna for the past two weeks and have had such an enjoyable time. I signed up to be the social media intern because it’s a growing and exciting field which has…
By: Lejia Zhao, SEAS ’23 Lejia working at a desk at home National University of Singapore I applied to the GRIP program because I was very intrigued by the idea of doing research with a professor from another world-renowned institution with potentially very different perspectives than that of Penn. I wanted to get to know what…
By: Meghan Wenzinger, Nursing ’22 Meghan in her workspace (Microsoft Teams). World Medical Association – Ferney-Voltaire, France Despite knowing that this internship would take place remotely, I decided to move forward with this GRIP program with the World Medical Association (WMA) as it would give me a unique opportunity to learn about global health. This…
By: Helen Lortie, SEAS ’24 A photo of the sunset in Germany sent to Helen by her exchange “buddy.” RWTH Aachen University – Germany When I first learned about the GRIP Program in the fall of 2020 I was immediately drawn to it. One of my main goals for my time at Penn has been…
By: Andres Eskenazi, CAS/SEAS ’22 Andy during his first day of work as a remote intern with Fourier Intelligence, a Singaporean rehab-robotic company. Fourier Intelligence – Singapore It is 8:50 pm local Philadelphia time. After a long day of research at my lab in the engineering school, I begin to get ready for taking a…
By: Wendy Lliguichuzhca, CAS ’22 Chicken, beef, and corn-filled Argentine empanadas and alfajores from Jezabel’s Cafe. SAHDES – Buenos Aires, Argentina Over this past week of interning virtually in Buenos Aires, I’ve tried to find different ways to further connect and explore Argentina. Through a virtual tour organized by the Puentes team, my internship cohort…