Name: Art Culture Presentations
Start: 2025-03-13T14:00:00-0400
End: 2025-03-13T16:30:00-0400

Welcome, interns, to the Career and Leadership Workshop!
This workshop is a key component of your internship program, offering a week-long opportunity to expand your knowledge of various career fields while honing your leadership skills. Throughout the week, you will join fellow interns in showcasing the outcomes of your summer projects through presentations.
You’ll also have the chance to connect with industry professionals through engaging panel discussions, skill-building sessions, and interactive activities. This workshop is designed to enrich your experience and evaluate the program’s impact—celebrating successes and identifying opportunities for future improvement.
We hope you make the most of your time in Washington, DC. Take advantage of this incredible networking opportunity, and don’t forget to have fun!

Click to meet the interns: HBCUI Mosaics internXL LHIP GOGA

You can see recorded Livestream Events via Microsoft Teams Links -
August 5, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST - NPS Internship Career and Leadership Workshop

August 6, 2:00-4:30 p.m. EST- Art Culture Presentations: LHIP/HBCUI

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Thursday March 13, 2025 2:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Yates Auditorium

Throughout their internship, interns explored the influence of Latino and African American contributions to the United States within the parks or nearby communities where they are interning. Each presenter will be given 5-minutes to present their artwork and reveal the stories behind their creative inspiration.

Carmen Artiles, Park Planning Fellow Midwest Regional Office/Planning and Compliance/Planning, Wants and Needs
Savannah Balderas, Visual Information Specialist Blackwell School National Historic Site, Veinticinco
Ethan Bravo, Education and Interpretation Intern Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Forever Mother
Valeria Caballero, Community Outreach and Interpretation Intern, Salem Maritime National Historic Site & Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Caña en las Montañas
Fiorella Fernández, Natural Resource Intern Biscayne National Park, NA
Caroline García, Community Ambassador and Educator Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, NA
Lidia Grande Ruiz, Visual Information Intern Boston National Historical Park, Sailor Letter
Valeria Hernández, Science Communication (Digital Media) Assistant Continental Divide Research Learning Center, Rocky Mountain National Park, Querida
Jadicee Medel, Natural Resource Management Intern Valley Forge National Historical Park, Independence
Elizabeth Morales, Trail Planning Intern Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, Love in Nature
Gabriella Parra, Education and Outreach Intern Zion National Park, Seasonal Lifestyle
Mia Pizzi, Cultural History Education Intern Everglades National Park, Roseate's Solitude
Kevin Ponce, Summer Architect Intern / Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Historic Preservation Technician of the Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service, The Classicist
Amelia Proweller, Summer Architect Intern / Historic Preservation Technician First Ladies National Historic Site, Planting a Conversation
Andrés Ridley, Interpretation Intern (Spanish) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, NA
Laura Rodríguez, Community Engagement Intern Lowell National Historical Park, Cotton in a Massachusetts City
Jessie Solis, Community Outreach Coordinator First State National Historical Park, El Chavo del Bosque
Braxton Broady, Public History Fellow, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Sweet Traditions: Sugar Cane and Soul
Jasmyne Kinslow, Expanding Stories Internship First State National Historical Park, TELL THE UNTOLD
Khalil Baker, Natural Resource Monitoring Intern Rocky Mountain National Park, Forgotten Signature

Speakers

L. Stephen Velasquez

Curator, National Museum of American History

L. Stephen Velasquez is a Curator for the Division of Home and Community Life, at the National Museum of American History. He was co-curator for the exhibitions Food: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000 and the exhibit, Many Voices, One Nation as well as the newly opened Entertainment... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 2:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Yates Auditorium U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C St NW, Washington, DC 20240

Plenary Session

Host Organization NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Youth Programs Division

Internship Career and Leadership Workshop 2025

L. Stephen Velasquez