Internship Readiness

I think the hardest part of the program for me is anticipating where I will be placed and what my experience would be like. One of the many skills I have developed, I anticipate I would be able to show my communication skills first. Year Up has taught me the proper way to communicate professionally and effectively. I will show these skills the instant I walk through the door at internship. One question that I am anxious about for internship is whether or not I will remember everything I have learned so far during these three modules. To my assumptions of being placed at Wells Fargo I believe the environment would be calm and mellow. Being that I am calm and mellow myself I think I would do well there but my only concern is that the environment wouldn’t be fast passed and I would have a lot of down time. I believe I would work well with a manager that I always have the option of communicating daily, that’s what I prefer. I know what I am capable of though, and have confidence that I would do well working with a manager who I don’t get to see as often because I am responsible, organized and have no problem on taking initiative. During internship I hope to develop more tech skills with excel or access.  At my internship I plan to stand out by performing the best to my abilities and showing effort. 

Winter Break

Winter break seemed to go by way to fast! It started off lightweight rocky and ended just the same. Although I’ve had better winter breaks this was one to remember. The highlight of it all would be that I spent all my days with a very special person by my side, weather if I was sick in bed or out trying to hang out and catch up with friends, I enjoyed the whole package.  The most memorable thing to me was spending time with my friend on his birthday. The day started off great with a trip to the mall, after a visit with some old friends, and later a night in the city passing through Broadway, Fisherman’s Warf and Twin Peaks. It was a crazy day, a lot of memories made, some not remembered but none nun the less forgotten.  I’m looking forward to spring break; hopefully I won’t be sick next time and do it how a college student is supposed to.

Internship Readiness

Someone who is internship ready doesn’t have a problem with maintaining the little skills. For example, time management would not be an issue as well as taking initiative and being accountable. Some qualities a person who is internship ready demonstrates a positive attitude always, is punctual, engages in class discussions/participates actively and shows that he or she is ready and willing to learn. Entering this new module I will “step my game up”, I have gotten comfortable in the program and forgotten that since day 1 the interview has begun. One growth area that I have gotten feedback in was my participation in class and join discussions more often. I will start to take initiative and work on my leadership roles so I can work to my full potential. I believe I have a great attitude and am very easy to get along with, but I let my quietness/shyness get the best of me. I believe my lack of participation affects my low energy in class so I will convert on that feedback hoping it will do some progress.

My Experience At Compass Family Resource Center

The best job I have ever had was working as a intern at Compass Family Resource Center (CFRC). Till this day I still consider working at CFRC my dream job. After internship I would have got hired as a part time employee but they did not have the funds to support this. My duties at CFRC consisted of working with pre-school age children while their parents attended workshops or other services, help setup the structure for family development classes, help translate, assist the front desk receptionist as needed this included: answering phone calls/ filing paperwork / distributing mail, creating flyers for different events, and helping with drop-in hours twice a week.  I enjoyed working at this job because I interacted with many people throughout the day especially children, I love kids. Some things that I did not enjoy was so much leisure time I had. When the office was busy it was super busy, everything would be fast pace, but when the office was slow I would run out of things to do and be bored much of the time. I enjoyed all my responsibility’s working there except for being the one who needed to translate an unpleasant message to a client. I was stuck as being the one receiving all the negative emotions when I was strictly just doing my job. The skills that I learned and I believe will be useful for me are communication skills, I believe if I am placed in the IT track this this skill will help me handle clients during ticketing. I also believe I can use time management as a valuable skill in my internship, so I prioritize getting tasks done.

Mural Response

In my opinion, Diego Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural does not relate to the Occupy Movement because I do not see the connection. It may be that I am not looking deep enough or may have to look at the mural from a different perspective. In the middle section I believe the mural can relate to the Occupy Movement because it can represent the many protestors trying to prove a point and what extreme measures they may take until it comes across. Glancing another time at the mural I then noticed that the top portion of the mural can represent wall street, how it may have been “back in the day.” Although, the first portion is not a street, I think the tall New York buildings/sky scrapers can very well be a good representation of Wall Street. In my opinion I believe people from the Occupy Movement are inspirational because they are willing to go through extreme measures and diuretics circumstances to stand up for what they believe in. I admire people who stand up for what they believe in because many just let themselves get pushed over and don’t express their thoughts. My first reaction looking at the middle part of the mural was that people in poverty and/or homeless are separated from the average Civilians and are also separated from people with power and that are really wealthy. The last section of the mural makes me feel angry that the wealthy build walls against middle and low class economy.

My Inspirations

To me the definition of inspiration is something that motivates me when I hear and/or see it. One of two things that inspire me very much is music. Although I am not a big fan of slow jam’s one artist specifically Keyshia Cole inspires me when I listen to her. I feel her music empowers women and when I hear it, it makes me reminisce on a point in my life where everything was going well. One of the other things that inspire me most is this beautiful view in the city; my friends and I call it “the Million Dollar View.” Every time we go there we end up having real in depth conversations and talking about the weirdest things. The spot shows the whole view of the City up to the Bay Bridge, its location is pretty confusing to get to but basically it is in the center of Bernal Height, on the top of the hill. Just looking at the View makes me think of what I want to achieve, who I have become and what I’ve done wrong in the past and how I could learn from these experiences. The “Million Dollar Spot inspires me a lot. First off it makes me feel proud to be from the City and to live in it. It also motivates me to want to do big things and become successful in life. There is another spot not quite like “the million dollar” spot but has an amazing view as well. My cousin brought me to this view and we call it “the View”. Its located in Daly City but in the back of a park, in order to get to it you have to go under fences and hike up a very dirty hill. It’s a struggle to get up there but is all the most rewarding. The view inspires me as much as the “Million Dollar” spot and whenever I go up there everyone else usually feels the same because we end up having real good conversations.

Victory Outreach

Victory Outreach is a International Christian Church ministry that was first started in 1967 by Pastor Sunny Argonzoni in East LA. The vision of the church is to take the "treasures out of darkness", helping people who are bound by strong holds to find Jesus once again. I had the privilege of being apart of the San Francisco Church Ministry when I was younger. Although, I don’t attend services no more I still keep in contact with many of the member's from there (I consider them a lot like family )and they welcome me with open arms. Sunday morning services are now held at the local YMCA in the Bayview District until they have a permanent building and youth service are held at the youth leaders house every Friday night. Every year they have world conference events where the entire communities around the world gather together for a huge service that last a whole week usually. What stuck out the most to me about this church was the activities they had and how they incorporated their sermons to daily activities. While being apart of this church I learned life changing experiences and valuable lessons. While being apart of this community I felt comfortable and i consider everyone there to be like family. When I used to think of church I used to think that it was boring and made up of a whole bunch if stories i stero-typed that people who attended were "weak" and needed someone to help them resolve their problems, I realized I was very wrong.