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.

La Shanda Sugg

I worked full-time as a Staff Development Manager during the beginning of my graduate school journey. I had the opportunity to attend numerous trainings and one of those trainings was focused on trauma and the trainer was a woman named Mary Vicario. I sat in that training, with probably 200 other folks, and for the first time in my life I pointed to a person and said to myself, “That’s what I want to do.” What was that you ask? I wanted to be in the front of a room with lots of people and share stories and provide information that changed their lives. Read more>>

Annique Pierre-Louis

Being an apprentice was an amazing experience for me! The stylist I was under became my best friend and mentor. There were many times when we’d be working on a guest together and we would communicate without words; it’s something special to know someone so well you’re one step ahead of them. As an apprentice I learned a lot of skills that are outside of the box which made me the stylist I am today. Read more>>

Sara Di Stefano

During my last year of massage school, I was one of 20 Student Therapists selected to intern for an NFL team. I wasn’t very confident of my skills at the onset of my career as I felt my pressure was not consistently strong. This made me uneasy so on the way to the training facility, I had a pep talk with myself and reminded myself to “bring it”. I felt these strong athletes would require a lot of pressure and I was doubtful I would be able to apply sufficient pressure on them during our session. Read more>>

Otis Carter

I first got into entertainment under two friends of mine that invested into nightclub ownership. I have always been a “people” person and always enjoyed the nightlife so i naturally gravitated towards their endeavor and how to help them from a hands on level. These are two guys i still Love to this day but at that time in our life we were around each other almost daily so it was natural for me to come on board in some capacity. We always laugh because to this day i don’t know what my role or job title exactly was . Read more>>