College Interns

This is Sarah Kowalewski’s second year with the DME internship as a graphic design intern. Sarah’s interest in veterans began when a family friend, who served in the Vietnam War and had dealt with PTSD, inspired Sarah to take the first step to helping veterans. Her job as a graphic design intern involves creating #VeteranOfTheDay,

Ivan Shires is a senior that studies Computer and Information Systems and minors in Digital Data Storytelling at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. As a web analytics intern at the DME internship program, Ivan’s daily tasks include making the DME Interns website run better by improving the accessibility for users, checking the content

Alexys Santiago is a second-year student at Gallaudet University, a private university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing in Washington, D.C. Santiago is currently majoring in public health and is considering becoming an audiologist or researcher when she enrolls in graduate school. Santiago is part of the research team at the

Elizabeth Manriquez is a first-year intern with the DME program and is part of the Born to Battle podcast transcription team. For Elizabeth, transcription is very “relaxing” and “meditative” compared to her college classes. In high school, Elizabeth was the Salutatorian for her graduating class during the pandemic and remembers the strange graduation she had

Latesha Thornhill is a researcher and fact-checker at the DME internship. Latesha is from a military family and learned the importance of critical thinking and ethical, accurate storytelling from her father who was a Navy veteran. Majoring in Philosophy, Political Science and East Asian Studies led Latesha to join the research/fact-check team with the Virtual

In this episode of DME Intern Podcast, we have our special guest Duncan McGuigan. Duncan is a Swiss American citizen and currently attends Portland State. Both of Duncan’s parents are artists which may have influenced Duncan to work in different fields, such as art, education, and food service. Duncan is a European studies Major and

A junior in college, Army ROTC cadet and writing intern for the VA-DME team, Joanna sheds light on her day-to-day life juggling all of her responsibilities and how they have shaped who she is today. Taking the chance in high school with their Navy JROTC program, she came to realize a passion toward the career

Elizabeth is currently a graduate student in the oral history Master of Art program at Columbia University in New York City. In 2019, she graduated from Macaulay’s Honor’s program at Brooklyn College, doubled majored in Chemistry and History with a double minor in biology and biochemistry. During the course of her studies, she began interviewing