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.

Bryan Fandrey

I have a kind of funny one. A few years ago, when I was interning doing video and social media work for my church, we had a big high school student event every year called ‘Rival Night.’ The theme was Football rivals, and tons of people would come wearing their favorite team’s jerseys and tailgate and stuff, it was a lot of fun. Well, one year leading up to the event we had the idea to put together a mock sports broadcast with a bunch of student involvement, so we took to the studio for a day and shot a ton of green screened videos to use for promotion that year. Read more>>

Domenica Van Dyke

When I was 16 and throughout high school and college, I worked as a health research intern at the National Institutes of Health. My laboratory team and I studied the pathology of Spongiform Encephalopathies, more commonly referred to as Mad Cow Disease. This is where I developed my interest in the sciences and subsequent career in healthcare. Read more>>

Nkem Chinwah

As part of my master’s program, I was to intern for a year at a placement- mine was at a psychiatric hospital. Imagine a studious but scared intern in a sea of people she studied about but had no professional experience with. My orientation went well and we were given keys to let us in and out of the facility. That key was The Key not to lose. At my internship site, the DMS came to life. I gained invaluable experiences about humanity that continues to shape who I am today in my work with clients. Read more>>