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.
Lauren Puente
During my early years of teaching, I was living in NYC and teaching out of a studio on the upper west side called Studio Riverside. It was an amazing place. The owner Leda, who has now passed away, would have daily group class at 9am rain or shine, whether there were 2 people signed up or 10. Classes were often full, full of apprentices, professional dancers, artistic directors of major dance companies, elderly people, people of all sizes and capabilities. Read more>>
Katerina Raastad
During my one year of forensic pathology fellowship, I’ve had a lot of “firsts”, which was both exciting and intimidating at the same time. We would never know what type of case we would be getting that day, so in a sense it was like Christmas every morning. And no, I’ve never had anyone wake up on my table (yet), but I’ve quickly learned that I absolutely hate gunshot wounds and much prefer stabbings and strangulations. Read more>>
Robin Lehrer Roi
After attending graduate school in California, I returned to my home state of North Carolina where I received an Artist in Residency from the North Carolina Arts Council. My residency spanned three years at three different community colleges in rural N.C. I gave workshops and had speaking engagements in the communities as well as the schools. Read more>>
Fumi Ozaki
Looking back, I was blessed to join the internship program to complete my undergraduate degree in Human Communication Studies at California State University Fullerton. One of my classmates at the time happened to be a front desk manager for a five-star hotel and welcomed me to intern at her workplace. I was assigned to their PBX Operator department to communicate well and answer all external and internal calls, learn to navigate their switchboard, take room service orders, translate for Japanese guests and many more. Read more>>
Chanel St Sin
Wanting to be a performer takes a lot of skill risk, but mostly passion. You have to have a passion and I say that because you have to love what you do or you just wanna enjoy it that goes with any job. My journey started with classes and I wanted to learn from everybody that I possibly could that I saw as a hero in my eyes and I did research and I sought out my teachers and it probably was the best thing that I’ve ever done for myself.. Read more>>