by Nancy Barrera | Sep 21, 2023
“So what does progress, change, look like?” In the middle of reaching down to take a bite of my sandwich, I stopped and looked up blankly at my friend not knowing how to respond. Within academia, I learned about inspiring social movements that transformed the world we...
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...
