Summers: Then and Now

This past summer, I spent it at PayPal working as a Full Stack Software Engineering Intern. It was a tough learning experience as I was thrown into a new world but I am overall grateful for the experience. This internship was very technical and it allowed me to build...

How Internships Are Classist

There’s a terrible underbelly to the practice of internships that transcends the anxiety of finding an opportunity that leads to a ‘productive’ summer; and it plagues low income students disproportionally. This past spring semester, I felt frantic with worry over how...

New Year, Last Year!

Wow! I woke up this morning with the buzz of senior year in my ears. The last 3 years swished and tumbled by. This past summer, I had time to reflect on a couple nagging worries that snagged my excitement for this year. The first worry was about my schedule after...