by Samira Makhkamjonova | Aug 19, 2026
As I moved from administrative to research assistance roles throughout my undergraduate career, I finally focused on one mission. My focus pushed me to explore how we can best support communications professionals in public health departments. While pursuing a...
by Mohtashim Monowar | Aug 19, 2026
Two days before the closing presentation, I had a five-minute cut of my documentary project for KID Museum. It was slow on purpose. Long shots of a kid focused on what they were building, talking it through as they worked. My supervisor watched it once and told me to...
by Juleidi Machuca | Aug 19, 2026
Before this summer, if you’d ask me what a communications internship looked like, I would’ve said press releases, talking points, and maybe a flyer here and there. I pictured myself behind a laptop, polishing language, sending things out into the world and trusting...
by Juleidi Machuca | Jul 19, 2026
A month ago, I landed in the nation’s capital carrying a lot more than my suitcases. I carried doubt and uncertainty about how I could fit in as a public servant. The doubt started to settle the moment that I found real work to get my hands on. This summer, I am...
by Mohtashim Monowar | Jul 19, 2026
In Borguna, a coastal district in Bangladesh, I ran a classroom for street children. It was a tin-roofed shed, dirt floor, no real walls to speak of. We had almost nothing to teach with. In the second week, one of the boys found a can of leftover paint from a...
by Samira Makhkamjonova | Jul 19, 2026
Before starting my communications internship, my understanding of public health was very limited. Yet over these past few weeks, I witnessed how vastly the public health field connects to the workforce, legislation, urban environments, and state funding. And what...
