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.

Elena Wilhoit

I remember how I felt when I arrived in the United States and decided to stay. Full of insecurity about the language, fear of not knowing what to work on, since I am not into manual jobs but more intellectual ones. Read more>>

Haven DeAnglis

I had two internships while attending college at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in the summer of my freshman and sophomore years. In the summer of 2017, I was a design intern at TerraCycle in Trenton, NJ. Read more>>

Lauren Megard

Tattoo apprenticeships and experiences with them range wildly from person to person. In general, I can’t say it’s something easy in the slightest to take on, but something you’ll be extremely proud of accomplishing in the end. Read more>>

Brenda Frketich

I returned back to my family’s farm after earning a business degree from Loyola Marymount University. When I first realized I wanted to be on the farm, both my parents and I weren’t sure what that would really look like for me to come back to our family business. Read more>>

Daniela Falade

I remember one day I was sitting in class and I became so overwhelmed and felt like the weight of the world was on me. I started questioning myself and what I was capable of, I had made up my mind right then and there and decided to give up on the program. Read more>>

Cori Hildebrandt

As part of my undergraduate degree from UW-Madison, I studied Criminal Justice. Given I had an interest in those with criminal justice system involvement, when I was in graduate school for Adlerian Counseling & Psychotherapy, I did my clinical internship at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility in Maplewood, Minnesota. Read more>>