By: Angela Shen, Huntsman ’24 Angela seated by the windows at her local public library, where she completes her work for Grandall Law Firm. Grandall Law Firm – Beijing, China “Do you speak Chinese?” One of the first questions out of my interviewer’s mouth as I looked dutifully at his image on my phone screen,…
By: Xiteng Lin, LPS ’22 Xiteng posing at work desk. Ualá – Buenos Aires, Argentina The project that I am currently working on is developing Ualá’s first-ever Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy to be reviewed and implemented by the company’s leadership in the coming future. Ualá’s employee count has almost reached a thousand from only about two…
By: Claire Utomi, Wharton ’23 PanNature – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The best thing about new opportunities is the new. The new people, the new learning, the new skills, everything you discover. So, at this point, halfway through my internship, I’m going to talk about the new. During my first research topic, I explored financial…
By: Kat Wang, SEAS ’23 Kat beginning a language-learning course for Korean on Rosetta Stone. Nerdy Joy – Seoul, South Korea I’m Kat and I’m interning at Nerdy Joy this summer. Virtual internships certainly depart from the traditional in-person format, and I frequently reflected on the differences, both positive and negative, before starting this program. Now,…
By: Wendy Lliguichuzhca, CAS ’22 Wendy (top right) on a Zoom call with Luciana (supervisor at SAHDES; bottom) and Hannah (mentor from Puentes; top left) at a mid-internship check-in. SAHDES – Buenos Aires, Argentina One aspect of SAHDES’ work that initially drew me to this organization was its interdisciplinary approach to maternal and infant health. Through programs like…
By: Kristina Gorel, CAS ’23 Kristina (top right) in her typical weekly meeting with Tricia (top left), her supervisor, and Jessica (bottom), the other intern on the team. Hecho Por Nosotros & animaná – Buenos Aires, Argentina As soon as I had arrived at Penn as a freshman, I had begun hearing about GRIP internships and…
By: Keerthi Jayaraman, CAS ‘23 Keerthi sitting at her desk at home in New Jersey. Fundación Instituto David Hume – Buenos Aires, Argentina As the Indian sun burned my skin, I barely registered my discomfort in the city of Chennai when enthusiastic girls shouted “Akka!” (“older sister” in Tamil) as they raised their hands in…
By: Nina (Yichen) Wei, CAS ’23 Nina working remotely from Philly. NoCamels.com – Herzliya, Israel For the past two weeks, I have been working as an intern for NoCamels.com, a news website covering innovation and technology from Israel. So far, my task focuses on writing weekly news features and daily news briefs on developments in the…
By: Emily Grossarth, Huntsmans ’24 Emily hard at work. Sempli – Medellin, Colombia Over the course of the past two weeks, I have had the pleasure of interning for Sempli, the leading online lending platform for small businesses in Colombia. Although I have been conducting my internship from my childhood bedroom in New Jersey, the…
By: Angela Lao, CAS ’23 Angela listening to a PI research presentation at night at her childhood desk. Nursing Research in Dublin – Ireland After the daily TV show my dad watches at 9:30 pm in Macau time, he usually walks into my room and asks what I am doing. Subconsciously, I “shh” him in…