Meet our Intern: Lilia Vargas Costello
What is it like to be an intern at the United Nations? This is a common question, and while countless answers exist depending on which department and what team you end up working for, there exist too some consistencies. It is exciting. It is an unparalleled opportunity. It is like no other work experience. This was certainly true of my time as part of the United Nations Academic Impact team, within the Education Outreach section of the Department of Global Communications.
Meet our Intern: Emanuel Small
To have the opportunity to intern for the United Nations is truly an honor. Interning with the Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery has allowed me to chase my dreams in humanitarian work. I am grateful for this opportunity and the connections I made along the way. To be able to represent the UN and the morals it embodies is an esteemed privilege. A special thanks to Howard University’s support in this journey.
Meet our volunteer translator: Charlotte
United Nations Academic Impact is fortunate to work with a group of volunteer translators who make an invaluable contribution to our outreach efforts to audiences around the world by advancing multilingualism through the translation of content into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. Get to know our translators in their own words. Here we introduce Charlotte Ip, one of our volunteer translators for the UNAI website in Chinese.
Meet our Intern: Tess
Working for any organization during a global pandemic was never going to be easy. As a team that relies on personal connections between universities and the United Nations, fulfilling that aspect of the United Nations Academic Impact’s work was a challenge. However, it was a challenge that I felt prepared to tackle. I participated in 27 weekly team meetings remotely, before finally meeting my team in New York. Being at the UN headquarters in person made the internship experience even better, as I was able to see the culmination of my work first-hand.
Meet our volunteer translator: Yuexi
United Nations Academic Impact is fortunate to work with a group of volunteer translators who make an invaluable contribution to our outreach efforts to audiences around the world by advancing multilingualism through the translation of content into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. Get to know our translators in their own words. Here we introduce Yuexi Du, one of our volunteer translators for the UNAI website in Chinese.
Meet our Intern: Talita
In November 2019, I received an email from the United Nations Academic Impact team that would change my path. I don’t mean to sound cliché, but since I heard I was selected for the internship programme at United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), I knew everything would be different for me.
Meet our Intern: Dari
Dari Dambaeva shares her journey as an intern for the United Nations Academic Impact, and the experience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:
When I arrived in New York for my MBA degree 2 years ago, I wouldn’t have dreamed of being so fortunate to become a part of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) team. My career path wasn’t predicting such a step, but my experience studying and working all over the world has led me to adding my value to UNAI, an initiative that aligns the UN with institutions of higher education around the world.
Meet our Intern: Julia
Julia Gorlovetskaya describes her experience as an intern for United Nations Academic Impact and her journey developing the #Work4UN interview series:
A New York City native, I often walked by the UN Headquarters, marveling at the massiveness of the structure, trying to imagine what went on within its concrete walls. My perception of the UN, as mysterious as it had been, was turned on its head when I traveled to Nepal, Jordan, and Chile to study human rights. Through research and field visits to UN sites, I realized that the UN’s scope of work spanned much broader than the conferences and high-level events that it is most known for. From community building, to peacekeeping, to connecting global institutions around shared ideals – the UN touched the lives of all and had a job for everyone.
Meet Our Intern: Jane
Jane Lee describes her experience as an intern for United Nations Academic Impact in the Department of Global Communications:
In 2013 when I visited the United Nations as a tourist, I dreamed of wearing that blue ground pass and working there. When I studied political science as an undergraduate student, I was particularly interested in analyzing the complex dynamics of international security. Then through my Master programme I expanded my interest in studying political science with a focus on comparative politics. All these experiences inspired me to apply for the internship at United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI).
Meet our Intern: Fernando
Fernando Restoy Rodriguez describes his experience as an intern for United Nations Academic Impact in the Department of Global Communications:
When I volunteered for the NGO For a child's Smile in Cambodia, I felt satisfied when I helped other people. I thought it would be possible to help more people if I could work for the most powerful international organization in the world, the United Nations. I studied International Relations for my master programme and applied for almost 100 jobs around the world after my graduation. I got several responses and finally, I chose United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI). It turned out to be the best choice I have ever made.
Meet Our Intern: Matthew
Matthew Pampin describes his experience as an intern for United Nations Academic Impact in the Department of Global Communications:
The world is facing a wide range of global issues that will require international institutions to continue to provide a platform where multilateralism can foster solutions. As a graduate student concentrating on energy and environmental policy, I'm deeply concerned about the expansive implications of climate change. The challenges that threaten the prosperity of our planet demand international cooperation and commitments toward consequential action. Therefore, the distinct capacity of the United Nations to bring the global community together for unified action is what inspired me to apply for an internship at this organization.
Meet our volunteer translator: Xuan
As part of the efforts made to ensure the proper delivery of information produced by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) in all six official languages of the United Nations, UNAI has been working over the past few months with a number of online volunteer translators recruited through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Online Volunteering service, who have made a valuable contribution to broadening the multilingualism of United Nations public information by making the UNAI website more accessible to Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian speakers. This article was written by one of the translators helping with the UNAI website in Chinese.
My name is Xuan Gong
Meet our volunteer translator: Olga
As part of the efforts made to ensure the proper delivery of information produced by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) in all six official languages of the United Nations, UNAI has been working over the past few months with a number of online volunteer translators recruited through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Online Volunteering service, who have made a valuable contribution to broadening the multilingualism of United Nations public information by making the UNAI website more accessible to Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian speakers. This article was written by one of the translators helping with the UNAI website in Russian.
My name is Olga Tsuprykova
Meet our volunteer translator: Ophélie
As part of the efforts made to ensure the proper delivery of information produced by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) in all six official languages of the United Nations, UNAI has been working over the past few months with a number of online volunteer translators recruited through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Online Volunteering service, who have made a valuable contribution to broadening the multilingualism of United Nations public information by making the UNAI website more accessible to Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian speakers. This article was written by one of the translators helping with the UNAI website in French.
My name is Ophélie Chassard
Meet our volunteer translator: Yangming
As part of the efforts made to ensure the proper delivery of information produced by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) in all six official languages of the United Nations, UNAI has been working over the past few months with a number of online volunteer translators recruited through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Online Volunteering service, who have made a valuable contribution to broadening the multilingualism of United Nations public information by making the UNAI website more accessible to Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian speakers. This article was written by one of the translators helping with the UNAI website in Chinese.
My name is Yangming Qu