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...
by Emma Sanchez | Aug 13, 2024
After being home for a few days, I can reflect on my experience and everything I learned from being a Frank Karel Fellow. During my time with Mary’s Center, I helped welcome an immigrant family from a shelter who had recently arrived in the United States. Coming to...
by Jaylen Adams | Aug 13, 2024
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Miss A asked me. She was my second grade teacher, and I was one of twenty three students. Bright-eyed and cheerful, we had no real concept of money, time, or reality. As such, we could do nothing other than dream (and dream...
by Isabella Marte | Aug 5, 2024
As I thought about my experiences in these last 7 weeks, something stood out to me. During a conversation we, the fellows, had with Allyn, the Vice President of Communications at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, he shared a profound insight. He said that with every...
by Isabella Marte | Jul 31, 2024
Coming into the Karel Fellowship this summer, I was very excited but also curious about the skills I would learn. After all, communications is my major and I had been taught the world of strategic communications by a pioneer in the field. I thought to myself, “What...
