After being in Washington DC for a little over a month, what has been the most challenging and most exciting moment in your internship experience?

Being in DC for almost a month has been a great experience that feels like it just flew by. But with that being said, getting off to a late start did not make things bad. While being snowed in for eleven days wasn’t really what we expected, it allowed us to have ample amount of time to get to know each other a little bit. I joke that the most challenging part so far was the walk in the blizzard where I felt like it was the most physical and emotional work out ever. Having to think about not falling and then having to keep your balance, phew what a challenge. Jokes aside, I think the most challenging experience has been the fast pace of the work environment. When something has to be done the timeline, most of the time, is now or by the end of the day … or in the case last week, one hour. This challenge is not something that can’t easily be overcome. Once I learned the pace, I was able to adjust what I had learned and use the challenge to then benefit me. The most exciting part so far in the internship has been being “behind the scenes”. We get see things in the media that happened right within our building, such as the Toyota hearings that recently took place. I think it is something very simple, but yet so exciting. With six weeks left I feel like, now more than ever, it is time to live the D.C. experience to the fullest and use these challenges and exciting moments to propel us through the end.