Final Reflection

Thinking back, the time really went very fast. I still remember my first day of internship, was weird. Actually I had already some idea of what I would be doing at my internship, but still confused of how I would be doing it. My goals were to improve my Spanish and I did so! I actually was speaking Spanish mostly all the time so that’s was how I achieved my goal! My highlights of my internship is going to be when we went to NYU WAGNER  for the First Encuentro of Adelante Alliance and when we went to Union Square for the Primero de Mayo (May First), it was just awesome been there! I want to be an actress after high school. My biggest challenges were be there always on time. Because be on time isn’t what I do all the time, but I am working out about that. So, I guess from being an intern for 125 hours, I learned that being late all the time isn’t a good idea.  If I will start a new brand of internship next week, one thing I will do differently is to stay more on the after school program. Three pieces of advice I would offer a new intern at my site is always be on time, always finish your tasks on time and be very patient with your supervisor. If you do all of that you will get a good credits with your supervisor. But the most important try to do the things there because you want to but not because you have to! I will miss the most about my internship is the people from there and the after school program. They were just awesome.

Resume

Yara Barbosa

41Vanderbilt Avenue Apt. #03

Brooklyn, NY 11205

(347) 785 6118

ybarbosa@inths.org

EDUCATION       International High School at Lafayette           

       Brooklyn, New York                                                          2009-Present

                               Expected Graduation: June 2013 GPA: 3.6       

ACTIVITIES        College Now
                               Kingsborough Community College                                                  2011  

                               

                               Global Action Project New York, NY                                          2011   

• Create media for community power
• Cultural expression
• Political change

                                iMentor   

                                International High School at Lafayette                                             2011

• Participate activity in schedule programs

 

                                 Visionary Studio Arts Program, New York University                  2011

 

                                  Talent Show Performer 

                                  International High School at Lafayette                                           2010

• Master of Ceremonies    

                                   Student Government

          International High School at Lafayette                                          2010

• Organized Thanksgiving Festival for the school

LANGUAGES           Fluent in Portuguese and English, conversation in Spanish

SPECIAL SKILLS    Photography, acting, strong interpersonal skills Microsoft Word

AWARDS                  Achievement Award in Drama Class
                                  International High School at Lafayette                                           2010


INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE                                                                                  2012
Administrative Intern

• Transcribed interviews
• Updated Facebook page with important news
• Tutored 3rd and 5th grade students

           
References Available Upon Request REFERENCES   

  

Thank You Letter

Dear Karla,

Since I left Adelante Alliance, I have been trying to write a message to you saying how grateful I am to have had a supervisor like you, but for various reasons, I hadn't finished until now.

I really enjoyed the time we worked together and I want to thank you! Although the project is not yet completed as we would like, I learned a lot from you and you opened up new horizons that I had never envisioned. You are a wonderful supervisor because you have an innate spirit of leadership, knowing when to praise people and knowing how to encourage people! Thank you for that.

I'm going to miss the conversations we had with the whole group and the friendship I made in Adelante Alliance. I’ll miss all of you every day but I hope that we can stay connected. You have given me some very precious memories that I will not forget.

Sincerely,

 

Yara Barbosa

 

Photo Essay

This is some of the kids that goes to After School Tutoring in Adelante Alliance.  Roberto was my FAVORITE :)  Thanks to him I started to help little kids do their home works. The boy with white T-shirt is the son of my supervisor (Karla).

This is the place that I used to go everyday. Is a small officer but is full of joy.  In that officer is always busy, in the afternoon is tutore for little kids, and later on is Computer Class. I stayed once for the Computer class, is actually fun and the teacher is very nice and  for the tutoring I was almost always there. I feel proud of the kids, they are learning a lot and their reading process improved a lot by the first time I enter as a intern in Adelante Alliance. 

I actually had one computer for myself. It was really fun working by myself for 3 months.  In this computer I used to work more in transcribing Interviews, sending emails and updating the Facebook from Adelante Alliance.  

That is Karla Quinonez (my supervisor), me and Ken in Adelante Alliance. I just have to say thank you for my supervisor because in this 3 months working with her, I have learned a lot with her. She is a great mentor. Ken he was my partner during my Internship time.

Reason for choosing this picture, is mostly because I had to sometimes go to 61st with 5av to distribute pamphlets  in the street for help my set have a bigger community. It was actually fun distributing to them, sometimes the people stop and start to talk with me asking what is about, where I have to go. People were very interested about it. Some time I fell so proud because I am helping a community grow. 

As my last day being a Intern in Adelante Alliance I watched the movie Precious Knowledge. My supervisor asked me to watch their history. So sweet of her part. This movie made me think a lot in the Mexican lives before, they pass through a lot suffer and they still. They were and are fighting for their rights in USA. In 1948, USA made a border (line) for the Mexican. They couldn't pass through that border, if they did USA will kill them. Tucson High School students and adults were protesting for their rights living in USA.

During this time 48% of Mexican- American students actually drop out of high school. Arizona high school students battle state lawmakers to save their ethnic studies classes. Actually isn't that easier to fight for it. They specially the high school students were trying a lot to get their rights that a lot of them were rest. Based on the movie, a high school student said that doesn't matter what happen to us, what is the matter is what we did for us.

New Vocabulary Words :)

 
Advisor-  Native Language: Assessor
Definition: The one who gives advice.
Sentence: My advisor always gives me some advices for my future about being an Actress.


Employee -  Native Language:  Funcionário
Definition: The person whom work for another person.

Sentence: With bad laws and good employees is still possible to govern. But with bad employees the best laws are useless. 


Attitude-   Native Language: Atitude
Definition: How to proceed. (BEHAVIOR).
Sentence: I always have a good attitude in my Internship.


Colleague-  Native Language: Colega
Definition: A fellow worker or member of a staff, profession, etc.
Sentence: All the colleague in my Internship, they are very a such nice people.


Cover letter-  Native Language: Carta de apresentação
Definition:  A letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information.
Sentence: For any job you get in, you need a cover letter.


Co-worker-  Native Language: Colega de trabalho
Definition: A fellow worker.
Sentence: The co-workers in my mother job, they are very nice with me.


Criticism-  Native Language: Crítica
Definition: the act or an instance of making an unfavourable or severe judgment, comment, etc.
Sentence:  Where you can not criticize, all the compliment is suspect.

Discrimination-  Native Language: Discriminação
Definition: Unfair treatment of a person.
Sentence: In my house, there is no discrimination between anyone.

Initiative-  Native Language: Iniciativa
Definition: When you begin to do an action.
Sentence: My biggest initiative for the next year is to make new friends.


Proactive-  Native Language: 
Definition: tending to initiate change rather than reacting to events
Sentence: 

Recommendation-  Native Language: Recomendação
Definition: representation in favor of a person or thing.
Sentence: My recommendation for you is to read a book in three days.


Reference-  Native Language: Referência
Definition: an act or instance of referring.
Sentence: The reference of my house is the Green Park.


Reliable-  Native Language: Confiável
Definition: that may be relied on; honesty, etc..
Sentence:  I heard an reliable information from all the teachers.


Salary-  Native Language: Salário
Definition: When you get paid from someone in your job.
Sentence: The salary in my job, isn't that good enough.



Task-  Native Language: Tarefa
Definition: any piece of work.
Sentence: In my school, there is so many tasks to do.

Midpoint Reflection

      The primary mission of Adelante Alliance is to help Immigrant Woman. So, the main goal is to encourage and motivate women immigrants to prepare themselves so they can pursue their dreams and goals with their dignity. I think if my organization didn't exist anymore there would be a lot of immigrant needing help and advices in their lives and there will be one less more community that can help them to make their dreams. My internship has been similar to my expectations by using the computer to do the most of jobs. For example, by using Facebook to upload videos, interviews, pictures and much more  about Adelante Alliance and the difference is that I have to speak more Spanish than English. The environment in my Internship is pretty similar to my school environment. Because in my internship they have tutoring that helps the children do their homework and they have few other programs that they help Spanish speakers learn how to speak and write in English. At my internship I have learned a lot how to communicate with people in a right way and how to listen and take notes from them. I also had few experiences on making interviews with people. I think those skill can help me to get a better job in my future. My relationship with my mentor and co-workers is pretty well. We all work together,  which is one of the main symbol of Adelante Alliance, collaboration and respect with each other. I really like to work with them. because we always talking with each other, making fun but at the same time we are working hard to get the goal done.I also think that this is a nice way to work by having fun and be serious at your job at the same time because you never get bored and we always is learnig new things from each other. For example, sometimes I teach the tutoring teacher how to speak Portuguese and they they teach me about their cultures. My Spanish has improved a lot since my internship started. Because I have to speak Spanish mostly all the time by at the same time my English also has improved a lot because I had to speak kind of all the time, so,  that helps me gain my communication skills. By making few interviews, answering the phone and translating Spanish to English, It helps me a lot too. Each day at internship I'm required to answer the phone when my supervisor or any co-worker is not there. As a result, I've gotten much better at listening and communicating with people that I never had spoke before. And, one more skill that I have gained is to make calls for different communities (sometimes) or with people that are interested in our community and make time to have an interview with them.Internship has affected my daily life a lot.First of all, we don't have enough classes to complete my assignment, it's really getting in my nerve but I am thinking to try my best in class time and finish all my assignments there rather do them for homework.In the next five weeks left, I am  hoping to accomplish all my time, I am trying to learn more about Adelante Alliance history and also to improve my English and Spanish.  

 

                                          This picture is more representing the Sun Set Park.

Vocabulary

1. Word: Video Editor
Meaning: Is an software that aloud you to edit an video, part by part.
Context: I saw this word on Windows Media Player, when I was supposed to edit a movie on my Internship. 

2. Word: Management
Meaning: The person or persons controlling and directing the affairs of a business, institution, etc.
Context: I always see my supervisor trying her best to make our community strong.

3. Word: Motivate
Meaning: To provide with a motive  or motives.
Context: Every afternoon, except Fridays, the teacher in my Internship always is trying his best to motivate the students learn.

4. Word:Pursue
Meaning: To carry on or continue.
Context: I saw this word in the Adelant Facebook when I was reading some of their history.

5. Word: Democracy
Meaning: It's a type of government in which people elect their leaders.
Context:  I saw this word in another website that is connect to Adelante Alliance when I was reading some of they history.

The Interview with Karla Quinonez

1- How long have you lived in New York?

 I've been here for 11 years.

2- If you're not a native of New York, where did you live before?

If I weren't a native of New York, I was living in San Cristobal de las Casas.

3- Did you go to college? Graduate school? If so, where? For how long? What degree(s) did you earn? Are you interested in going back to school? If so, what do you plan to study?

Yes. Yes, I graduate on the Khalo School of Arts for 4 years college. The degree I earned was Communication in Graphic Designer. Yes, I am interested in going back to school and I am planing to study about Women Studies.

4- How long have you worked here? Have you worked in different capacities at this job? What jobs at this company have you done in addition to the one you do now?

 I have worked here for 7 years. I am the co-founder, director, not for Prophit Community. I have done being a manager, as a teacher, as a coordinator and Public Relationship. 

5- What is your job title and what are the three tasks and responsibilities you do most often?

My job title is a Director and the three tasks and responsibilities I do most often is Coordinator, Management and Teacher.

6- Who is your direct supervisor and what is her /his job title? How much do you interact with her her/him on a weekly basis? How many people do you supervise?

Nobody. I interact with all the teachers, volunteers, parents and students.

7- What are two examples of challenges you face working here?

The funding for continue our work in the community and find problems in the community that we can not address.

8- What is the best part of your job?

Is to help the community with education.

9- What is something you would like to change about your job?

The salary :) 

10- Did you work somewhere else before this job? For how long? How was that job similar or different?

Yes, on the Human Right's at Forefront a Human Right Inernational. I worked there for 3 years and it was very defferent.  I was working the Editor in Arabic Book for Human Rights Media Books.

11- What do you see as your future at this company? Of you plan on changing jobs, what will you do?

Continue at least for more 5-7 years.

12- What advice would you give to teenager interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
"To understand that education is the key for go to college and don't give up before that. Because it's very difficult to achieve you goals in live."

My First Impressions

Karla Quinonez is my supervisor. She is very helpful when you ask for help, good listener and she also is a buzy woman. Actually, the office I work in isn't that bigger, is actually small but is very colorful. The neighborhood is half Spanish and half Chinese. Seems be a nice neighbohood to live there though, is not that noise but is not that quiet and there is a lot different stores, some of them are grocery,clothes stores, laundromat, pizza, restaurant, and schools. In my Internship I see few kids, and mostly Spanish women asking for help and maybe two of them are a tutoring teacher for the kids,  few men and Ken. Some tasks I have been completed at my internship is changed their facebook account, by putting pictures and write summary about them in Spanish and in English. My schedule for my internship is to 1:30pm until 4:00pm except Fridays and I usually get home around 5pm. One nice thing about my internship is that in the same office that I worlk, there is a Tutoring class there for little kids.