After 4 months

This internship at the City of Phoenix has been an incredible learning experience mainly because it has been my first job in another language, which I consider it to be a big challenge. I have not only learned about the program I am interning at, but also I have learned about how the Public Information Office works. Having had the opportunity to attend to the weekly staff meetings has been a great experience to learn about everybody else’s work.

I definitely think I have achieved the goals of starting to become more familiar with how a U.S. local government works, have a better idea of what my interests and skills are and finally being able to see in real life things I have learned in different school courses.

I am also very glad that I had the opportunity to interact with people from other departments and also learn from them. The fact that the program has a team conformed by employees from different departments makes it really interesting because you constantly hear different perspectives and suggestions about the projects we were working on.

One of the things I value the most about this internship is that I always had the opportunity to give my opinion and suggest ideas of the work we were doing. I think this is essential to keep interns motivated in what they are doing.

I am also very excited because one of the projects that I have been working during the whole semester, the request for sponsorship for the defibrillators located in different facilities of the City, is about to be issued and it definitely feels enthusiastic being part of this project.

I was recently offered to continue this internship next semester, which I guess is a good indicator of my performance during the internship, and this really excites me and motivates me towards the future.