Adieu to a journey of two years…
Reflecting on the UPenn-IEDP-UNESCO journey 2018-2019. Continue reading Adieu to a journey of two years…
Category: Internship
Witnessing History in Jamaica
“I share my story here today for every girl and every boy in Jamaica who is subjected to sexual violence, and they are everywhere. There are children who are keeping horrible secrets in Upper St. Andrew, in downtown Kingston, and all across rural Jamaica” As I listened to Shaneille speak, my eyes welled up with tears. Her voice, steady and unwavering, commanded the great room … Continue reading Witnessing History in Jamaica
What a Big Day
I cannot believe I met the 40th anniversary of the United Nations in China during my internship and had the honor to participate in the celebration to mark 40 years of the UN’s development presence in China with other coworkers. What surprised me the most was that I met a senior classmate who also graduated from our program, IEDP UPenn in 2017! She is now … Continue reading What a Big Day
November Blessings
My previous blogs for September and October, which detailed my arrival in Paris and my trainee-ship at UNESCO, were quite verbose. I have, therefore, decided for this third post to be a picture blog in chronological order. Side note: while we were still studying at Penn in Philadelphia, we would try and come up with instagram and twitter hashtags for IEDP (International Educational Development Program), … Continue reading November Blessings
Field Trips
So, I know this is late. Instead of writing on my flight back (check out previous blog) I fell asleep. Then a week later I had another long flight but got distracted by some political unrest. So much has happened in Santiago and at work during my last month of internship! Field Trip #1: Paris, France I wrote my last blog on a very long … Continue reading Field Trips
From Coral Reefs to Mountain Peaks in Jamaica
It’s hard to believe that I have been living in Kingston for two months now. My IEDP colleagues all assured me that this internship would fly by, and yet I still find myself baffled each day when I look up at the calendar on my office wall. The next few weeks will be particularly busy at work. I need to finish the implementation guide I … Continue reading From Coral Reefs to Mountain Peaks in Jamaica
First impression of internship in Beijing office
Greetings from Beijing! After spending some lovely days here, I can’t wait to talk about my work experience as an intern at education sector, UNESCO Beijing office. Colleagues here are very enthusiastic and diversified in background. There are a number of interns at my age in the office and most of us were assigned to sit together at the one side of the office, which … Continue reading First impression of internship in Beijing office
Wrapping up internship, part 2: Learning & gratitude
As I was preparing to write this final post about my fall internship with UNICEF Bolivia, I looked back on some of my peers’ final blog entries, to gain some inspiration for what parting words of wisdom I should share here. Reading only a handful of posts was enough to remind me that the ending to my internship experience was not like many of my … Continue reading Wrapping up internship, part 2: Learning & gratitude
Jamaican Rhythm – A Day in Kingston
One of the beautiful parts of completing the IEDP internship in the fall is that I have dozens of blogs posts from my friends to use as inspiration. As a reader, some of the most interesting posts have been the ones that seek to answer the most simple question: what do I do all day? Following in the footsteps of Magali and Vasiliki (among others!), here … Continue reading Jamaican Rhythm – A Day in Kingston
Wrapping up internship, part 1: What’s going on in Bolivia?
whirl•wind/ˈ(h)wərlˌwind/nounA column of air moving rapidly around and around in a cylindrical or funnel shape. Used in similes and metaphors to describe a very energetic or tumultuous person or process. That is the only way to describe the last three weeks. Although we’re only in the first week of November (and I was supposed to be in Bolivia until the end of November), it may … Continue reading Wrapping up internship, part 1: What’s going on in Bolivia?
The International Educational Development Program 