Internships and apprenticeships are a time-honored rite of passage in many industries. We’ve asked some brilliant folks to share some of the most important lessons they learned during these early experiences in their career.

Doryanna Dasha Darinina

Doryanna – Mrs. World America 2022 Ukrainian immigrant who became a an American celebrity.
In August this year Doryanna won a Grand Title – Mrs.World America 2022 at one of the most famoust pageant –
Miss World International. It wasn’t just about being pretty but being well spoken and having compassion, being strong personality with values. Read more>>

Mary Roosen Little

The most life changing thing I have ever experienced was my two year advanced internship in Hypnotherapy with the Wellness Institute. During this time our internship group would go for 5 days every three months for an immersive experience learning the technique and diving deep into transpersonal phycology. Read more>>

Rodney Simpson

My life as a intern was both easy and hard. Easy as in the access it gave me to super stars and major situations. Hard because there was no physical pay and people talk to you like you’re beneath them and you’re to an extent. So being a intern humbled me and taught me how to treat people. Read more>>

Brocke Lyons

An important lesson I learned early on is to never think you’re too good to do something. A thing you probably wouldn’t guess about photo assisting is how much of it doesn’t actually involve photography. You do assist the photographer, of course, and handle the gear, but you also are usually the one who takes lunch orders, picks it up, and sets it out. Read more>>

Shannon Wages

I’ll never forget my mentor telling me with her eyes to shut the hell up. I was in the middle of explaining to her client how amazed I was that her hands could shake so much and her lines would still come out clean, and I saw her dart her eyes at me in a way that told me to close my mouth immediately. Later she gently reminded me that apprentices were to be seen and not heard. Read more>>

Kira Petilli.

During my senior year in college at Lynn University, I interned with The Curated Collection Group at ONE Sotheby’s International Realty In Fort Lauderdale. I valued my internship so much that even after graduating from college, I continued to intern with the team up until I got my Real Estate license. During my internship, I learned that there is so much more to real estate than just selling homes. Read more>>

Phoenix The Engineer

School was almost over for me as I was finishing up my last few quarters, I had to pay out of pocket for school. I was already accustomed to working two jobs while going to school full time so I picked up a internship at a internet radio station to get my last few credits. I learned how to produce and engineer radio shows, drops & keeping the time schedule. I was just getting adjusted to being in the real world after getting my BFA in audio production. Read more>>

Lisa Hilton

In my 40s, I made a decision to study and pursue art. I didn’t have any notion of what that would look like, but I knew I wanted to develop my natural abilities while expanding my critical, historical and conceptual knowledge. Earning my BFA required that I complete an internship with an artist or art organization. Read more>>

Pashun Judkins

I recently had the immense pleasure of taking part in Atlanta’s August Fashion Mart as a part of Therapy by Lisa Adams (TLA). During the week I was engaged on the show room floor I was able to experience a part of the fashion world I had not been exposed to before. I gained experience on operating as a wholesaler as well as a personal stylist and shopper. Read more>>

Shelsea Vazquez

So for my last semester of college, I interned at an elementary school. I designed their yearbook for the 2017-2018 year. It was honestly a lot of fun! The teacher gave me free reign and barely asked for any changes (a dream client, LOL). Now the story takes a turn AFTER I finished my internship. Imagine being done with all your college classes and just counting down the days until you walk down the stage to get your diploma. Read more>>

Fábio Freitas

Back at University of Tennessee the technician asked me for a couple of weeks to mimic the publicity of Fabio that said I can’t believe is not butter. Read more>>

Lindsay Dhanens.

When I was in the process of completing my undergraduate Degree in Human Anatomy and Physiology, I interned as a Lab Technician at a cancer treatment center locally. Part of my job was extracting cells from different types of cancer samples and assaying them against different chemotherapy drugs and natural remedies. I ended up testing almost every type of cancer against the herb Ashwagandha and found that this natural remedy was MORE effective than any chemotherapy drug on the market in killing the cancer cells in question. Read more>>