Priyanka Paudel is a sophomore at Montgomery Community College in Maryland and is majoring in business administration. At the DME internship, Priyanka is currently a part of the Borne the Battle Podcast where she is working as a transcriptionist. Some of her interests include telecommunications, radio, media and starting a new podcast in the future.
Priyanka’s father advocated for a government-based internship and it was not until college that she found the DME internship at the Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS). Through her role as a transcriptionist, Priyanka learned more about Veterans Affairs (VA) resources and gained more experience outside of her major by reaching out to different departments in the internship. One of the projects that was important to Priyanka was for the CARES Act which gave her a new perspective of the veterans and their families who might not have a home during COVID-19 and need help and support from different VA resources.
Priyanka is excited to talk about Slack in the DME internship which is a platform the DME interns use to communicate, get updated by their department heads, and pick up any new projects. She enjoys meeting and interacting with new interns and growing a platform by reaching out to others and having conversations.
For her career after college, Priyanka is thinking about getting her real estate license and starting her own ice cream shop. She is also interested in a career in radio or media but is always looking to connect with people in whatever asset of employment she is in.