Introducing myself

Hello people!! 

My name is Natalia Cuneo and I am from Argentina. I am currently starting the second year of the MPP program, which I really like so far! I got my BA in economics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After college I worked for two years in the City Government of Buenos Aires and it was at that moment when I became really interested in public policy. I love my country but I know it is currently facing major problems like increasing poverty and crime, high inflation and specially a very deep social division, those who are in favor of the government and those who are against it. I hope that coming to the U.S will help me gain experience and knowledge to contribute in any way to my country in the future.

My internship is in the Marketing Partnership Program of the City of Phoenix and it started one month ago. The goal of this program is to raise revenue for the government without spending money through beneficial business partnerships. I am really happy and thankful for having the opportunity of working in a U.S local government! I will tell you more about it in the following posts!

My goals for the internship are:

• Understand how a local government functions in the U.S. Specially after having worked in the City government of Buenos Aires, I believe is really interesting to compare the working dynamics in both places.
• I am looking forward to identify more specifically what my interests and skills are.
• Try to relate what I am learning in the academic world (school courses) with what happens in real world (work environment).