This summer looked quite different than most due to the coronavirus pandemic. No longer thinking of vacations that would have been looked forward to, rather reflecting on how this pandemic has changed the lives of so many. For many high school and college students, this has been quite a difficult time. Many students have gone…
Category: Mentorship
A First for Project Pull Team Leaders Suki Luo and Sha’Nice Patterson
2020 marks the firsts of many Project Pull interns. Sha’Nice Patterson is a fifth year veteran participating in Project Pull and is serving as liaison between mentors and interns. This is Suki Luo’s first year with the program as a Team Leader. But this summer brings a “first” for them both and others in Project…
How Project Pull Team Leaders Jenny Hoang and Gabriel Terry Have Seen Online Internships as an Opportunity
Gabriel Terry’s and Jenny Hoang’s journey as Team Leaders in Project Pull has been one full of positive experiences that have outweighed the challenges of “distance interning.” During the last several weeks, they have found nothing but support from Project Pull staff and have been overwhelmingly surprised by all of the program participants’ enthusiasm to…
Why Project Pull Alum and Intern Marianna Ramos Knew What Her Summer Would Look Like
Early on, Marianna Ramos knew what she wanted to do this summer. When the Project Pull application period opened this spring, she diligently began working on her application for the internship program. Ramos, a rising junior at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, had spent last summer working at San Francisco’s Animal Care and Control as a…
Why Nabiyou Elias Views Project Pull Like Soil That Supports the Seed
Nabiyou Elias never thought a global pandemic could impact him and his family both positively and negatively at the same time. “Personally, I have been able to take advantage of certain things during COVID-19. One, in particular, is online schooling,” said Elias. “Online schooling not only separates me and every other student from distractions, but…
How Distance Learning Prepared Clara Becker to Serve as a Project Pull Team Leader This Summer
Clara Becker’s experience with shifting to an online learning environment helped her better understand how to serve as a Project Pull Team Leader this summer. For Becker, the pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders meant that she had to leave college and return back to San Francisco in March. She, and many of her fellow classmates,…