Dagny Lott, SEAS ’24, Swarthmore, PA
This summer I participated in a 13-week internship at NEPRI, an early-stage CPG (Consumer Product Goods) company. I’ve worked for a few start-ups before with as few as 10 or as many as 500 …
Haitian Zhou, SEAS Masters in Systems Engineering, 2024
By the time August 10th rolled around, I had reached the culmination of my efforts at Square Fare, effectively wrapping up my assignments and successfully concluding my internship journey. As I reflect …
Bonnie Li, WH ’25, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
During this past summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work at Salesforce on the Strategic Partnerships and Business Development team. When I first got my offer, I was thrilled but also …
Filip Manjevic, COL ’26, Helsingborg, Sweden
This summer, I embarked on a remarkable journey with Reforma, an e-commerce store headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. They specialize in bringing stylish furniture to the doorsteps of customers across Sweden, Norway, and Germany. As …
Ashley Lin, WH ’26, Frisco, TX
This summer I had the privilege of interning at Seadrop Skincare which is a newly launched sustainable skincare startup – as a product strategy and marketing intern. Seadrop Skincare created the first of its kind: …
Alek Davis, COL ’23, Leesburg, VA
This summer I interned at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. on their Corporate Social Responsibility team. Having no prior experience in the retail industry, I didn’t know what to expect from this internship experience, but I learned …
Guilherme de Macedo Feitosa, COL ’24, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
I honestly never saw myself working in a brewery until the summer of 2021, but it took just one email to change my mind. At the time, I was …
This is part of a series of posts by recipients of the 2021 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You …
An earlier version of this story was originally published in The WALK magazine, and is reprinted here with permission from the author. The WALK is the University of Pennsylvania’s premier student-run fashion magazine. Written, photographed, illustrated, and designed entirely in-house, …
This is part of series of posts by recipients of the 2020 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You can …
