Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Baltimore County Intern Candice Tillman Interview

JASMINE: ASPIRE—What was your life like before joining Urban Alliance, and why did you join?

CANDICE TILLMAN: My life was very hectic and stressful because I had a lot of things on my mind. I joined Urban Alliance because I needed to do something with my life besides hang out with my friends and run the street.


JASMINE: WORK—Can you give me details about what you do at work on a day-to-day basis?

CANDICE TILLMAN: On a day-to-day basis I enter data from Baltimore City Public Schools, and diffrent projects within my department into the databases.


JASMINE: SUCCEED—What are your plans after the internship ends?

CANDICE TILLMAN: My plans are to attend college and try to find another job.


JASMINE: What college are you attending?

CANDICE TILLMAN: I'm attending Communtiy College Of Baltimore County


JASMINE: What is your major in college?

CANDICE TILLMAN: I will be majoring in nursing.


JASMINE: Why did you choose that college?

CANDICE TILLMAN: I live in the Baltimore County and it's a lot cheaper as opposed to attending a Community College.


JASMINE: What lessons have you learned?

CANDICE TILLMAN: I learned that life is a new surprise each day you step out of your door, and nothing is handed to you in the professional world.

DC Intern Dallibeth Estevez Interview

JASMINE: ASPIRE—What was your life like before joining Urban Alliance, and what inspired you to join?

Dallibeth: I joined Urban Alliance during my 11th grade summer because I had received workshop training from Sean sponsored by my library job. My 11th grade year was busy for me. I was doing my school thing, trying to have a social life, and playing sports such as Lacrosse and Basketball for Wilson. I joined Urban Alliance because Sean said I might be able to work at the World Bank, which would jump start to my career hunting.


JASMINE: WORK—Can you give me some details on the work you do on a day-to-day basis?

Dallibeth: Typically intern jobs such as copying, faxing, filing, and shredding, but I have had the opportunity to shadow my mentor/supervisor, create flow and organizational charts, input and analyze data for the monthly budget variance report which is used to compare spending habits with budgeted money for the month, and I also had the opportunity to attend staff meetings.


Jasmine: SUCCEED—What are your plans after the internship ends? For example, what college are you attending, what will you be majoring in, and why?

Dallibeth
: After my internship, I plan on preparing to enter school. I will be attending La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA, majoring in Economics. I will be attending La Salle because it has given me the most aid to attend and it will help me better with myself on an educational/spiritual level.

News and updates

On July 29th Urban Alliance will be having their 9th annual Public Speaking Challenge. The Public Speaking Challenge is an event where students take judges threw a power point explaining their accomplishments at their designated jobsite. Our speaker for this year will be Willie Jolley.
Willie Jolley is America' s Premier Celebrity Speaker- Singer- Author...Inspiring Millions with Music & Motivation! He is truly a renaissance man, who is an award winning speaker, singer, a best-selling author, a national media personality and national columnist...all in one person!
This year the Public Speaking Challenge will be the best because the class Of 2009 is the best! We have all grew into the young people we are now, so we all thank Urban Alliance for the help they Provided us!

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Urban Alliance empowers under-resourced youth to aspire, work, and succeed through paid internships, formal training, and mentoring.