By: Andres Eskenazi, CAS/SEAS ’22 Andres during one of his weekly meetings with a new zoom background sporting Fourier Intelligence’s logo. Fourier Intelligence – Singapore One of my favorite sayings from Chinese culture goes: 不经历风雨怎么见彩虹 (pinyin: bu jingli fengyu zenme jian caihong). In English, the literal translation of this phrase would be “if you don’t experience wind…
By: Halla Elkhwad, Wharton ’24 CORINNE – Stockholm, Sweden Alongside my internship this summer, I found it important to take some time to explore the local culture I was being exposed to. As a supplement to our internship experience, Absolute Internship provided interns with instructive modules on the cities in which our companies are located. My internship is…
By: Hannah Gu, Nursing ’23 Hannah’s presentation notes in both Spanish and English. Fundación Casa de Los Niños – Heredia, Costa Rica I feel more confident in my Spanish speaking abilities and am more comfortable making mistakes in the language. These abilities will definitely help me as I work in hospitals and encounter diverse patients…
By: Cecelia Grasseschi, CAS/Wharton ’22 ACN Worldwide – Shanghai, China As an intern for the Strategic Investments division, I am researching and creating Summary Reports on Wind Power for countries within the European Union. At first glance, this was a straightforward and unassuming project, but after more than a month of working with ACN Worldwide and my…
By: Andrew Orner, CAS ’22 RACI – Buenos Aires, Argentina I am sad that my experience interning at the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) has come to an end. I learned a great deal from my colleagues, contributed to important projects intended to shed light on the state of civil societies around the world, and…
By: Vaibhav Desikan, CAS ’22 Vaibhav in a weekly meeting with his fellow interns at RACI. RACI – Buenos Aires, Argentina I just finished the first two weeks of my internship with The Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI, its Spanish acronym), and the experiences with the organization have been quite fulfilling. From learning Spanish from…
By: Santiago Dassen, Wharton ’22 Booster2Success – Paris, France In the last few weeks as an intern at Booster2Success, I have experienced French culture through the events and communication projects that I have been working on. This includes discovering a new Parisian neighborhood, new art, literature, and music that didn’t know despite having attended a…
By: Navmi Sharma, CAS ’23 Navmi making a presentation about her favorite Indian festival to her co-workers, while dressing the part in Indian traditional wear. The Institute of Cultural Affairs – Japan Travelling has been a part of my life ever since I first ventured out into the larger world as part of my national…
By: Louise Wang, CAS ’24 Louise working on text screenings at a cafe. Future Water Institute – Cape Town, South Africa Welcome! Today I am sharing what a typical day in my life looks like as a VIA intern while also working full-time. I am currently a pharmacy technician at one of the busiest pharmacies…
By: Lauren St. Louis, CAS ’24 Lauren at her workstation. Center for Cross-Cultural Learning – Morocco This past year has taught me so much about life and opportunity. As a freshman, being welcomed into the Penn community completely virtually was something that I could have never imagined. During my first semester at home with remote…