by Katie-Grace Ibarra | Sep 21, 2023
As I sit down to write this blog post about my experience with the Frank Karel Fellowship and my work at the Aspen Institute, I feel compelled to be honest with my audience. This fellowship came as a golden opportunity during a challenging phase of my life, and it was...
by Darrel Creary | Sep 21, 2023
So here’s the deal… I still don’t know how I managed to make it here. Being chosen to become a Karel Fellow has been richly overwhelming in more ways than I could’ve imagined, and at each stage, I’ve invalidated everything I’ve accomplished. Imposter syndrome...
by Alexis Marin | Sep 21, 2023
It hadn’t hit me until I arrived in DC and met the rest of my cohort that I was completely unprepared for my internship. I had no background in communications and it didn’t bother me until I heard the people in my cohort talk about their PR majors and jobs as social...
by Aliyana Young | Sep 21, 2023
**Disclaimer: Skip to the last paragraph for the TLDR version of this blog but read the entire blog if you feel a bit lost in life and/or are questioning your career choices. When I received the Frank Karel Fellowship, I was excited that I could spend the...
by Kaytlin Brown | Oct 14, 2022
Whew! Eight weeks. At the beginning of the Fellowship, I was preparing for something I had no idea about. After getting over the hurdle of interviewing and matching to my host site, I don’t think I felt a small sense of relief until after our Bootcamp. “Okay. Maybe I...
by Mateo Latorraca Rodrigo | Oct 14, 2022
“We can CHOOSE to see life through the lens of Inconsalable or Exuberant” “As we get older, we get better at choosing in ways that will make us happy. We do a better job at picking activities that make us happy, and at spending time with people who make us...
