Alumni News

As part of the graduation requirements in my school, seniors do a month-long internship that relates to their post secondary school plans. Since I'm majoring in zoology it made sense to go to the zoo that I'd been volunteering at for many years. I did my senior internship at the Turtle Back Zoo as an unpaid zoo educator. I worked in animal care administering medication, feeding and making enrichment for the animals as well as going out into the zoo for educational programs. I would teach school groups about whatever animal they wanted or on specific days we would set up outside of different animals. The pictures are from World Otter Day. 

I graduated from Oberlin College in May where I played on the Varsity Field Hockey team and had a Major in Neuroscience, Minor in Writing and Communication and a Integrative Concentration in Global Health. My placement is at the QVS house in Philadelphia where I am currently living in west philly with 4 other QVS fellows. I live in the QVS house in Mantua in West Philly with four other QVS fellows. I’ve loved connecting with the Quaker Community in Philly! My favorite part of working at the Body Empowerment Project is connecting with kids from all over the city and offering them a curriculum centered on developing confidence, increasing health equity, and building community —something I wish I had when I was their age.