After this I was a bit lost and dove into a variety of internships that ranged from a Social Media intern for Girlstart, a nonprofit that teaches underprivileged girls about science in an after school program, to a Projects Intern at Rainforest Partnership that focus on saving the rainforest by helping indigenous communities create a sustainable income, to conducting political science research. After all this I realized my passions included property alleviation and project management through the brainstorming process all the way to evaluating the outcomes. All my internships related to either providing services to those living in poverty, creating programs to help alleviate poverty, or researching methods of poverty alleviation. Now I am gaining experience implementing said programs at another internship and hope to work towards ending homelessness here in Austin once I graduate this spring, working either through a nonprofit or the State Health Department. After a couple years I plan on moving and obtaining a job at an international nonprofit to work towards global health/poverty alleviation/providing services to those that have been unjustly affected by their economic status. The Biomedical Sciences Academy was AMAZING for preparing me for all the lab work I either voluntarily participated in or had to take to meet course requirements. I had amazing pipetting skills, knew how to use a PCR machine, was great at conducting gel electrophoresis, was better at writing lab reports, and much more due to the experience I gained in high school. Having this prior knowledge eased my stress so much, I cannot imagine not having those skills and being dumped into the labs. While everyone else was freaking out during every lab and for every report I was much more confident and I have Mrs. Valenta and all my other great teachers to thank for that! Want to read about more CTE graduates? Click here!
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