Janet K. Langlois '71 Internship Fellowship Endowment

This summer, I was given the incredible opportunity to return to littleGrasse Foodworks in Canton, NY, as Farm Manager. I built off of what I learned from my experience last year, focusing more on the organizational and functional part of the CSA: daily task coordination, learning the seasonal flow of a homestead, crop planning and rotation, and guiding another intern through the basics of small-scale, sustainable organic farming.

During my internship based in Wall Street, I worked in a dynamic sales environment promoting POS systems to merchants across New York City. I gained hands-on experience in prospecting, pitching, and acquiring clients, which strengthened my ability to identify client needs, communicate value effectively, and build lasting relationships—skills that will benefit me in any future business development or client-facing role.

During my time at SPEAR physical therapy - Times Square Center for the Performing Arts, I had the privilege to assist physical therapists, while learning about dance and performer - specific treatment in the field. I kept the clinic organized and clean, while setting up for patient exercises and assisting in cueing. Additionally, I checked on patients throughout their visit, measuring their response to treatment and providing modalities intermittently. To assist the therapists, I scribed patient exercises, and functioned as a helping hand in whatever needed to be done around the clinic.

From the middle of May to the end of August, I worked as an on-court assistant for NBA trainer, Chris Brickley. Not only was I tasked with rebounding, passing, and defending the players, I also did a number of behind the scenes activities, including setting-up and maintaining the gym. We worked with countless National Basketball Association ("NBA") players, professional artists, and up-and-coming players. I was able to observe Chris utilize his advanced basketball knowledge to challenge players through physically- and mentally-rigorous drills.

I was able to intern at the Embassy of El Salvador in Washington DC. Throughout my experience, I learned the working mechanics at an internal and external level in an Embassy. From meeting with organizations like the US Census Bureau and the Embassy of Mexico to participating in private discussions regarding urgent issues, the experience was quite rewarding, especially for my interest in politics and international relations. All in all, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that was facilitated by the Janet K. Langlois '71 Internship Fellowship and Michael W.

This experiential education opportunity is centered around exploring the ways in which community-supported agriculture can exist as an alternative to our current environmentally degrative industrial agriculture system as well as a tool to improve community resilience.

The Trans Memory Archive Argentina is an organization dedicated to reconstructing, highlighting, and preserving Trans Argentinian history through restoration, archivism, the collection of testimonies, and promulgation of their materials. As a young non-binary Argentinian, I’ve closely followed the Archive’s work since 2019, when I first started educating others on Argentinian Queer activism and history.