The end of the first week of INTERNSHIPS

1.What is it?
Is a Human Right Organization

2.What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
This organization protect the human rights of the people from countries that are violating the human rights of the people

3.Where is it?
My internship is at Amnesty International USA in Manhattan at the 5 Penn Plaza on the 16th floor

4.Tell a little about your mentor.
My mentor's name is Karen Robinson, she is the director of the department that i'm working in( Human Rights Education). She is a very nice person, she's also very patient and active

5.What happened on the first day?
On my first day i got to meet all of the staff, know about the things that i had to do while i was there and of course get to work right away

6.What kinds of things have you done so far?
So far i have started to work on my first project. for this Project i have do reseache a city, the standars of education of that city and the kind of Human Rights Education that the students are receiving

7.What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)
The highlight of my first week was when i got to meet all of the staff, it was pretty cool because i got to know all of the people that were helping protect the human rights of other people

8.When do you leave school?
Due to my busy schedule i have to leave school earlier than most of the students. I leave school at 11:30am

9.How long does it take you to get to your internship?
It takes me 1 hour to get to my internship site

10.When do you arrive at home?
I arrive at home very late in the night because unlike most of the students i have a job after school. i work at a pizza place, you might have heard of it, it's called Papa Johns. I work practically everyday, weekdays from 5:00pm - 10:00 and sometimes i stay with my manager untill closing and on weekends i work practically O.C, which means opening and closing, so that's why my life has become so stressfull. i do not work because i want but because i have to. :(

11.What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)
I go to my internship 4 times a week from monday - thursday, from 12:30 to 3:30

12.Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)
My mentor is Karen Robinson and the additional person is Melissa Robinson