by Yelaine Aguilar | Jul 16, 2025
My first time hearing about Mary’s Center was after I’d been chosen as a Karel Fellow. As I looked at their website, I was overwhelmed. They offer behavioral, medical, social, and educational services? I thought. How could this work? A part of me was excited to learn...
by Emmanuella Osei | Jul 16, 2025
Imagine having the peace of mind every month to refill prescriptions, get regular check-ups and time with a provider you trust, only to have that completely ripped away. Unfortunately, that may be a looming reality for millions of Americans. As a public health major,...
by Evelin Muñoz-Ortiz | Aug 16, 2024
Unsurprisingly, Google Maps has been one of my phone’s most used applications these past 7 weeks. It would have been impossible to explore D.C. without it, much less arrive anywhere on time. Even with such an all-knowing tool on hand I strayed off-course more times...
by Angelina Gamba | Aug 13, 2024
As I reflect on this past summer and everything that I’ve experienced and learned, there are a few key lessons about public interest communications that I want to highlight. Through my internship with the Human Rights Watch, I really learned about the power of...
by Pristine Thai | Aug 13, 2024
My background is mostly working in political campaigns. I’ve spent the past five years working on-and-off on campaigns; my first ever experience in “doing” communications was for a campaign back in 2019. That fundamentally shaped not just my perception of comms, but...
by Chhavi Mishra | Aug 13, 2024
“What do you know now that you didn’t before becoming a fellow?” As I reflected on this question for my final presentation, it struck me how little I truly understood about communications, let alone the field of public interest communications before embarking on this...
