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DME Interns
by DME Interns
The new intern interview podcast focuses on interviewing the interns of the VSFS Virtual Internship program at the VA. Interviewing interns will broaden the connections between other interns and help make friendships and foster teamwork within different departments. Each intern shares their experiences at college, their interests in veterans, and how they came to hear about and join the internship with VA.
Episodes
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Government Gateway: Darius Chen on Leading with Purpose Across Sectors
In this episode of Government Gateway, we sit down with Darius Chen, Senior Manager of Product Management at Amazon and owner of Industrious U-District, a community-focused fitness space. Darius shares his powerful journey from serving as a U.S. Army Captain to shaping innovation in global…
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Government Gateway: Navigating HR and Workforce Development with Candice Edwards
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Candice Edwards, a seasoned leader in human resources and workforce development, to unpack her incredible journey through federal, state, and private sectors. From retail beginnings to rapid promotions within the VA and national recognition through the...
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Government Gateway - Navigating Public Service with Eli Kalil
In this special episode of the DME Interns Podcast, we kick off our new series, Government Gateway, with an inspiring conversation featuring Eli Khalil, Facility Space Coordinator at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System. Eli shares his career journey, from community organizing to state and...
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From Civilian to VA Innovator: How One Intern is Shaping the Future of Veteran Care
🎧 Episode Highlights: Meet Jordan Harper, a VA Digital Media Engagement Intern and Prompt Engineer Discover how a tech-curious psychology student transitioned into an innovative AI-powered internship Explore cutting-edge AI applications in government service Memorable Quotes: "No means next...
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Building Accessibility, Exploring Passions: Rahil’s Journey in Law and Life
In this inspiring episode of the DME Interns Podcast, host Claire chats with Rahil, a senior coordinator for the accessibility team and a pre-law student at the University of Florida. They discuss Rahil's work ensuring accessible platforms for all, the intersection of law and accessibility, and…
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Internship Insights: Navigating Law, HR, and Career Growth
Unlock the secrets to academic and professional growth in this inspiring episode! From leveraging TA connections to balancing personal values with workplace demands, we dive into actionable advice for navigating school, career, and life with confidence. Plus, hear about our guest’s unique…
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The success story of Ellen Little: Retail, Government, and NASA
Join me in unfolding an awe inspiring journey of an intern who has navigated her career from retail to NASA. From exploring ideas of confidence and self-love to discussing how to make the most of your undergraduate education and beyond, this exciting episode has golden nuggets of wisdom for...
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From Military Service to Tech Innovation: Fred's Journey of Leadership, Learning, and Purpose
In this episode of the DME Interns Podcast, host Claire interviews Fred Senethavilay, a fellow intern from the External Affairs team. Fred shares his inspiring journey, from his 11 years of service in the Texas Army National Guard to his transition into civilian roles spanning nonprofits, real...
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From STEM to Statecraft: Navigating AI and Diplomacy
Join host Darsham Gonzalez as he sits down with Katherine McMillan, a former State Department intern turned department officer and AI prompt engineer. Discover Katherine's journey from studying biology and anthropology to embracing international relations and public health policy. This episode...
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Meet the DME Interns
In this inaugural episode of the DME Interns Podcast, join host Darsham Gonzalez, team lead Siya Sharma, and team coordinator Claire Babcock as they introduce themselves and share their unique experiences working with the Digital Media & Engagement team at the Veterans Affairs. Discover what…
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Daniel Dames
Today, we talked to Daniel Dames, an Accessibility Intern, about about his responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills he has gained this position, and how this experience will help him in future career goals.
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DME Interns Survey Response
Today, our host Saga Jakupcak talks to listeners about the responses to the DME Interns Survey that went around a few weeks ago in regards to the internship.
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Cate Manning
Today, we talked to Cate Manning, a DME Editing Intern, about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Malan Manwaring
Today, we talked to Malan Manwaring, the DME Web Analytics DH, about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Meet The Creators: DME Interns Podcast
Today, we met the DME Interns Podcast Team on the first episode of "Meet The Creators". We talked to Saga Jakupcak, Tess Davis, Meghan Owens, and Dominique Colbert. They talked about about each of their responsibilities in their roles, how this experience will help their in future careers, and…
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Christopher Rosenquist
Today, we talked to Christopher Rosenquist, a Transcription Intern, about about his responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills he has gained this position, and how this experience will help him in future career goals.
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Srividhya Vasanth
Today, we talked to Srividhya Vasanth, a DME Web Development DH Intern, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Ja’Tyra Ferguson
Today, we talked to Ja'Tyra Ferguson, a DME Volunteer ELT, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Lacy Freese
Today, we talked to Lacy Freese, a DME HR Intern, about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Lora Dohler
Today, we talked to Lora Dohler, a Special Projects Intern, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Nikhil Jammalamadaka
Today, we talked to Nikhil Jammalamadaka, an External Affairs & Analytics XO Intern, about about his responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills he has gained this position, and how this experience will help him in future career goals.
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Loretta Knieff
Today, we talked to Loretta Knieff, a Transcription Intern DH Intern, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Christos Piliafas
Today, we talked to Christos Piliafas, a DME Web XO Intern, about about his responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills he has gained this position, and how this experience will help him in future career goals.
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Charles Hundley
Today, we talked to Charles Hundley, a DME Graphic Designs Intern, about his responsibilities within his role, his passion for giving back to Veterans, and his career aspirations for the future.
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Wendy Faulk
Today, we talked to Wendy Faulk, a DME Special Projects Intern, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Khaled Maalouf
Today, we talked to Khaled Maalouf, a DME Writing Intern, about about his responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills he has gained this position, and how this experience will help him in future career goals.
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Tayler Rairigh
Today, we talked to Tayler Rairigh, a DME Editor and Writer, about about her experiences in the internship and her collaboration with other teams. Furthermore, she spoke some about her goals and future career in education.
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Gina Cordoba
Today, we talked to Gina Cordoba, a DME Data Analyst, about about her experience in the internship and some of her responsibilities and projects. Furthermore, she spoke about her passion for data science and her career aspirations for the future.
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Sarah McDonald
Today, we talked to Sarah McDonald, a DME Writing Intern, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Jennifer Leibert
Today, we talked to Jennifer Leibert, a DME Writing Intern, about about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Isabel Mahon
This week’s guest is Isabel Mahon, a transcription intern for the Borne the Battle podcast who also helps with the America250 project as a writer. She is a sophomore studying international affairs with a concentration in security policy at George Washington University. Listen to hear about…
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Azia Salbego
Today we talk to Azia Salbego, the accessibility departments ELT, about her responsibilities in this role, the hard and soft skills she has gained this position, and how this experience will help her in future career goals.
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Omar Cunningham
Today we talk to Omar Cunningham, the social analytics department head, about his responsibilities in this role, the skills he has gained from a leadership position, the advice he has for future interns, and his own career goals for the future.
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Grace Yang
Today we talk to Grace Yang, a volunteer ELT for the graphic design and YouTube departments, about her responsibilities, skills she's picked up and some advice to current and future interns.
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Paulina Riffley
Today I get the chance to talk with Paulina Riffley from transcription! We talk about her future career goals, the difference between in person internships and virtual ones, as well being a part of the military family community. I hope you enjoy!
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Calley Walker
Today we are talking to Calley Walker, the Human Resources Division Officer for the DME, about her responsibilities, the skills she has gained from her position, and her future career goals!
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Brittany Gorski
Today we talk to Brittany Gorski, a YouTube Channel Manager for the DME about her role and responsibilities, some projects she's worked on this year, and future career goals!
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Rajiv Thummala
Today we talk to Rajiv Thummala, the Department Head for the Web Development Team! Join us as I learn some new web development terms, what it means to be a Department Head for the team, and some time management tips!
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Maggie Thomas
Today we are talking to writing intern Maggie Thomas, about her role within the DME, how she got started, and tips for future interns!
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Meghna Dasgupta
Today we talk to the coordinating producer Meghna Dasgupta about her current role as well as tips for college students trying to apply for internships!
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Ep 21: Grace Yang
Grace Yang is a motion graphics intern at the VA DME Internship where she creates videos about recent news, #VeteranOfTheDay posts and other graphic design projects. Grace graduated from the University of Maryland in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, criminal justice and criminology and...
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Ep 20: Claire Bednarski
Claire Bednarski goes to the Ohio State University and is a senior studying international relations, diplomacy, public policy and Spanish. Claire has been in the DME internship for two years and has risen through the ranks to now hold the position of co-Social Media ELT where she manages social...
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Ep 19: Priyanka Paudel
Priyanka Paudel is a sophomore at Montgomery Community College in Maryland and is majoring in business administration. At the DME internship, Priyanka is currently a part of the Borne the Battle Podcast where she is working as a transcriptionist. Some of her interests include telecommunications,...
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Ep 18: Parker Davis
Parker Davis is a DME intern with the External Affairs Department and is also a senior studying international studies and political science at Virginia Military Institute where he is involved in a wide variety of different clubs and organizations. His responsibilities in External Affairs involve...
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Ep 17: Luna Chen
Luna Chen is a web development intern pursing a Bachelor of Science degree in data science and mathematics at Northeastern University for next fall and is currently taking a gap year this year. Her gap year has proven to be very productive, using her time to work as a STEM intern at a…
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Ep 16: Erin Gallagher
Erin Gallagher is a senior sociology major at Beloit College and is currently an intern at two internships: one with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a graphic design division officer, and the other at the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office in Janesville, Wisconsin. Erin splits…
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Ep 15: Ella Joaquin
Ella Joaquin is a podcast transcription intern on the Borne the Battle podcast team. Ella is currently a sophomore at Loyola University Chicago where she majors in economics and information systems and minors in math. She is interested in a career in the foreign service and opportunities in data...
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Ep 14: Shannon Moran
For this episode of the DME Intern Podcast, we are joined by our host, Shannon Moran, who will be stepping into the guest’s shoes to be interviewed about the reasons she joined the Digital Media Engagement Internship (DME) Program and some of the interesting things she likes to share with us…
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Ep13: Dominique Ramirez
Dominique Ramirez is responsible for beginning the DME Intern Podcast, and he works in the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs and is the Intern Program Manager on the Digital Media Engagement team, working mostly as a Public Affairs Specialist and in...
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Ep12: Atifa Hoque
Atifa Hoque is a longtime veteran of the DME Internship, spending two years as a social media intern in her first year and executive leadership team intern for social media in her second year. Atifa had originally selected three other internships to apply to before receiving an email from Dom...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The new intern interview podcast focuses on interviewing the interns of the VSFS Virtual Internship program at the VA. Interviewing interns will broaden the connections between other interns and help make friendships and foster teamwork within different departments. Each intern shares their experiences at college, their interests in veterans, and how they came to hear about and join the internship with VA.
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The new intern interview podcast focuses on interviewing the interns of the VSFS Virtual Internship program at the VA. Interviewing interns will broaden the connections between other interns and help make friendships and foster teamwork within different departments. Each intern shares their...
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