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.

Anna Burrell

Many moons ago, before the days of being a proud co-founder of Twiggs & Co. and a candidate for Denver’s 2023 mayoral election, I was a college student who couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs. Read more>>

Christopher Smith

The best advice I ever got about advertising was from a trombone player. The summer after 9th grade, I was taking a jazz improvisation workshop at the university near my hometown in upstate New York (I was an avid trumpet player all the way through college). Read more>>

Idler Bonhomme

As I look back at several of my internship that I had to complete to become a therapist, I realize it provided me the opportunity for self-Evaluation in many instances. As an intern, we were scheduled weekly with our clinical instructor to review progress, areas of concern, and feedback. Read more>>

Richandra Nickerson-Ukpong

I know the value of internships because my career started with one. My own career started all because of an internship opportunity that I got from my college’s work placement office at University of Houston. I would not be who I am today if I had not taken that internship back in 2006. Read more>>