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.

Christina Espinel

As a new teacher almost 13 years ago, I was meticulous about following through with a very set plan. Now, I feel confident to make changes on the fly if necessary and am so familiar with the material that I can help regain focus if that’s what needed or instant calm if that’s where I want to take my class. The only thing that can help learn these seasoned tools is time and experience. Read more>>

Shayla J.

The very first internship I took on was at a studio in Atlanta, GA called Uptown Studios, now known as Soho Studios. At the time, I was a freshman in my second semester at Clark Atlanta University. I was still feeling out who I wanted to be coming into the music industry. My mentor during this internship, Jennifer really helped put into perspective who I seen myself being. Read more>>

Laura Buenrostro

When I started my career over 20 years ago, I first became the owners assistant at a salon. I was the only assistant in that salon for a couple of months. There was many talented hairstylist that work there. They were all very open with me anytime they were going to do any projects on a client where they wanted to share a technique, tips or tricks. They were all so kind to teaching me and take me under their wing. Read more>>

Tulio Diaz

During the time I began in Real Estate photography I was mentored by a few well established and respected Photographers in the field, some were on the job type mentoring and others I paid for the training. I believe what I learned the most from this time was not to try and duplicate what they do but rather take what they taught and tweak it to my preference. I used to get frustrated because my results were not identical to their work, I later learned that they are actually planting the seed and it is up to me to grow that knowledge Read more>>

Gina Cohen

20 yrs ago, I was introduced to someone who gave me a chance as an artist and single handedly changed the course of my life. Read more>>

Anne Sexton Bryan

At the end of seven intensive years of energy healing training, Barbara Brennan, our esteemed teacher and energy healing pioneer, said, “Always remember, it is your presence that heals.” While I had learned alot about the human energy field, the human body, and developed many healing skills under the watchful eyes of our teachers, how my healing presence would be expressed in the world was an uncomfortable mystery. I wondered, “Do I really have a healing presence outside of school?” What does ‘healing’ really mean? What is ‘presence’ and what is ‘my healing presence’? Read more>>