{"id":18310,"date":"2022-07-30T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capal.local\/?p=18310"},"modified":"2022-07-30T13:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:18:25","slug":"capal-scholar-spotlight-lena-pham-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/capal-scholar-spotlight-lena-pham-22\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPAL Scholar Spotlight Lena Pham ’22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What are your main responsibilities at your position? What are some of your big projects?\u00a0(this can include projects at your internship, your specific CAP project, etc)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At my position with Asian American LEAD, I will be working with the Maryland office to help coordinate their summer program for Asian American youth. I am responsible for communicating with youth and parents, helping with curriculum development, and conducting a program evaluation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How does this internship fit with your professional and career goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a master\u2019s student in applied anthropology, I am passionate about working with community organizations to conduct ethnographic research that will help meet their needs. This experience will allow me to gain experience working closely with a non-profit organization aligned with my interest in AANHPI education.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you hope to achieve this summer as a part of CAPAL\u2019s 2022 cohort?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of CAPAL\u2019s 2022 cohort, I hope to make strong connections with my peers. In addition, I feel that components of the summer program such as the mentorship program and CAP project will help me to achieve some of my personal and professional goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What does public service mean to you? What sparked your interest or desire to get involved with public service?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

To me, public service is about engaging with communities to accurately understand and serve their needs. As someone who wishes to help others through research, I believe that problem solving of issues should be done with members of the community involved as active participants. For a class in college, I had to interview female Vietnamese business owners in my hometown about their experience as business owners in the United States. By doing this informal research, I was able to connect with community members and share their stories. My interest in public service and research came out of the interactions I had with these Vietnamese women in the community. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Meet all of our 2022 CAPAL Scholars & Interns here<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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