Internships and apprenticeships, when done right, give interns and apprentices life long lessons. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, these opportunities aren’t accessible to many and so we wanted to invite folks who have had these experiences to share some of the lessons they’ve learned.

Trent Denson

So after graduating college in 2015, I was hired as an apprentice/intern with the Atlanta production company McIntosh Bros. shadowing, shooting, and editing their projects with clients in Atlanta. While I didn’t get paid it was still a valuable experience being out in the field and shoutout to my guy Javier for giving me a shot and helping me improve my skillset in film/video production. Thanks to him my shooting and editing has more personality if that makes sense. To this day I still work with him whenever he needs extra help on a project. Read more>>

Nekia Ellison

Back in 2020, I had just started putting myself out there. I ended up mentoring under a Bishop in Columbus. She’s helped me overcome my fear of using my gifts to help others. I was so afraid of the challenges that came with my profession, but she helped make it easier for me. Read more>>

Nikki Reeves

I trained, tested, and certified as both a childbirth educator and as a labor doula with the International Childbirth Education Association, many years ago. I then went on to finish the Your Birth Helper apprentice training program with Pam Sauls out of Athens, Georgia. Pam uses mentorship and shadowing to teach leaps and bounds more than any book, training, or experience ever could. Read more>>

Kimmie Wesson

I started my apprenticeship quite young actually. I was only 18 when I applied to be an apprentice. I always dreamed of making art for a living but I didn’t know how to pull it off. I told my art teacher, Mr. Scott, about my dilemma, and he suggested tattooing. Read more>>

Christina Waters

When I was working on my MPH degree, I was an intern at an organization called Someone Cares Inc. This organization is a clinic that provides holistic, health, and wellness services in the battle against HIV/AIDS: Read more>>

Wynter Andries

It wasn’t a true internship, but I did have a mentor while I was in massage school. I partnered with an alumni from my school who works with kids with autism, and during this mentorship, I gained experience while massaging her and her autistic son. This afforded me the opportunity to get direct feedback from an experienced licensed massage therapist. Read more>>

Alexis Aguirre

I think internships and apprenticeships are a fundamental part of being successful. A lot of times we pass up on great opportunities, because we immediately ask ourselves, “how much does this pay,” instead of asking, “how will this help me grow and what can I offer?” I believe that by becoming an asset and serving others we can quickly build meaningful business relationships that we can leverage in the future to land higher paying positions. Read more>>

Shola Toussaint

During my grad school internship, I needed to find an internship site that was open late night since I worked full time 8-5p while being a full time grad student. The only location available was a women’s drug rehab facility. At the time, my least preferred population to work with was substance abuse due to lack of knowledge and quite honestly, ignorance. Read more>>

R. Demetri Vallejos

When I began training to become a traditional healer in the ways of ayahuasca / yagé, I knew to some extent what I was getting into, but nothing could truly prepare me for what I have been through and learned over the last seven years of being an apprentice to, in my opinion, one of the worlds greatest healers and spiritual teachers – Taita Alirio Burgos – Mutumbajoy. Read more>>

Shannon Bishop

Once I completed Cosmetology school in Michigan, I started working for a global wide Salon. Within the Salon, I had the most encouraging salon manager. She provided on going education, pushed me to become a hard-working professional and lived by the phrase, ‘the sky is the limit.’ Read more>>

FERNANDA GIRALDI

So, I actually don’t know, because it’s been one and I have Fer I’m in this exchange program called Au Pair, so I don’t know if you too sure about the exchange about the Albert program, or if you want me to tell you about when is specific experience. Anyways, I will be happy to help with both. I do have so many stories because I mean you can imagine, you’ve been to a country that you barely know the language you don’t know the culture and you are learning everything from the beginning etc. it’s been crazy haha Read more>>