F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Arista: The Origin Story

Happy Sunday! So this week, I’m going I tell you about how Dr. G started her 3 office counseling and psychotherapy private practice. Dr. G was a school psychologist for a while, but knew she wanted to broaden her horizons. She earned her PhD at NYU and opened her first office for outpatient care. After…

Week #6 is in the books!

And just like that, another week is in the books at CCT! This week was full of planning and posting—planning for the upcoming 2017.2018 season and posting and scheduling A LOT of posts on social media. The culture of the workplace at CCT is a unique one. It is such a small organization, with really…

Sensory Overload, Advocacy, and Coffee

As I write this, I am drinking coffee in the hip Dupont Circle Bookstore, Kramerbooks and Afterwords Café. Is this moment one of the highlights of my week? Yes. It is the perfect place for reflection on another week at a place where I continue to learn things that shape my perspective and my story….

Week #5

As I prepare to begin week 5 of my internship, I am reflecting on all the surprising and enlightening experiences I have faced this summer. I have learned about the flexibility required of those in nonprofit work and the concept that everyone must reach out of their comfort zones. My internship has surprised me in…

Inspirational Young Women in Leadership & Politics

Hey everybody! I hope y’all have had a wonderful week. Week #4 in Washington D.C. has been incredible! This week was probably the busiest week myself and the organization will have all summer. We hosted 65 high school women for the Young Women’s Political Leadership program at Georgetown University. We had incredibly inspiring speakers come…

No One Is Alone Here

Theatre is inherently a team venture. There’s no such thing as a one-man show – for every actor onstage, there’s a squadron of technicians, designers, producers, etc. You won’t get far in this business thinking you’re the only person that matters. The stage management team here has really shown me how to work as just…

Week #3

Hey all! I’ve had a fun last week, both at work and in DC. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a think-tank in DC that works on a huge variety of issues (from labor market policies and trade policy to early childhood ed policy), but has a focus on issues that are important to the…

Short Weeks Make For Long Work Days

Things are in full swing here at PruittHealth. Going into my fifth week of work, I was extremely excited to travel to a couple of new facilities. However, my work week was cut short due to a bout of strep throat. Apparently, hospitals and nursing homes don’t want an intern around with a contagious illness,…

And we’ll all float on okay

Hola, This week has been marvelously productive. I finally managed to breakthrough on the project I had been stuck on, meaning that my partner and I managed to get the biodiesel reaction to work! Now that that is done with, I can move onto trying to work with used cooking oil and such. …

We’re halfway there!

Hello, fellow blog followers! I’m about half-way through my internship with the Chicago Children’s Theatre for the summer, and wow—I just realized that when I typed that! This internship has gone by so fast and I’ve really learned so much about marketing for non-profits like theatres. Last week, I was given the task of putting…