Meet Our Summer Interns!
This summer the SPACE office is hosting three Boston Public School high school student interns through Mayor Wu’s Summer Jobs Initiative in collaboration with the Private Industry Council. Please help us welcome Mariaelena Suazo Rosario, Raquel Felix, and Adrian Bautista!
The goal of this initiative is to connect Boston youth with opportunities where they can learn, develop professional skills, and tap into their own sense of agency and power to transition successfully into adulthood. The interns are participating in a rotational program where they spend time with three different Boston University (BU) teams during their six weeks on campus.
With the SPACE office, the interns are working on an exciting book project focused on demystifying college for middle-schoolers and their families. In coordination with BU Wheelock's Operations Administrator Brenda Gutierrez, the interns are learning about operations, administration, and finance. Through oversight by Lynn Brown and Temperance Wu at The Earl Center, the interns are learning about design concepts via experimentation, critique, and engagements with BU faculty across the university.
Throughout the summer, the interns will be interviewing faculty and staff across BU at various centers, departments, and offices to learn about various career path opportunities, the inner workings of a university, and the diverse work being done across BU. Through this opportunity, the interns will be building skills around research, interviewing, writing, and editing, among others.
About Our Interns
Adrian Bautista
I'm a rising senior at Boston Latin Academy. I applied to this internship to gain experience in a professional environment while also preparing myself for college, which is in my near future. I hope to build relationships with the people at BU and learn about the inner workings of a college institution and how to apply to a university. I'm excited to interview all the different staff here at BU Wheelock as they all have such amazing stories and interesting professions to learn about and add to our book.
Raquel Felix
I recently graduated from Charlestown High School and will be attending Bentley University in the fall, where I will be majoring in finance. I applied for this internship because I wanted to gain a sense of what working in an office would be like, since I will be majoring in the business field. This internship is also a really good opportunity for me to get connected to people that can help me understand more about business. I hope to gain work experience that I can bring into my future endeavors. I am most excited to work with people that I can get connected with and gain experience from that can further influence what I want to do in the future.
Mariaelena Suazo
I recently graduated from Charlestown High School and I am attending Boston University in the spring, starting off at the College of General Studies and switching my major to Health Science. As someone who is attending BU, I was really interested when applying and interviewing for this internship. As someone who already tutors an age-range variety of students, I wanted to see what the background of the education system looked like. I hope to gain connections and skills like communication, problem solving, and how to work in an office. Overall, I'm excited to make new connections! I love getting to know new people and feeling like I have a sense of community, especially in my work environment.