What UCR students do over summer

I got the amazing opportunity to live, study and intern in Washington, D.C. for two months this summer. Via the summer program of The Fund for American Studies, I am interning at the American Financial Services Association Education Foundation (AFSAEF), and I am taking two courses (Economic Problems in Public Policy and Ethics in Leadership) in the evening hours at George Mason University.

My tasks in my internship include updating the foundation’s online curriculum in personal money management and representing the foundation at numerous events, one of which was on Capitol Hill (see picture). Via TFAS I have also had the opportunity to visit the State Department, the World Bank and the Headquarters of the Federal Reserve. On top of it all, living in a dorm with 19 Americans has allowed me to meet many great people as, with whom I explore DC during the weekends.