Thank You Letter

 06/04/2012

 

Dear Lizette,                                                                          

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you so much for being such a great mentor. I enjoyed working with you at Aid for Aids, an organization that is not only a job but a place that helps our community. Aid for Aids is a big family and I am really grateful to be part of that family. You helped me to believe in myself by giving me good advice and you were always there when I didn’t understand something. You’re a good administrative manager and you always made sure the office is not missing anything.

 

From you a learned how to be organized and confident in what I’m doing. Thanks for being more than a mentor but also a good friend. I am also thankful to Leonardo and Carlos for teaching me all of those great things about medicines. The best thing about my internship is that the workers interact as a big family.  Thanks for hosting me and all other students who have volunteered in this awesome organization. The most important skill I learned was how to create files and how to run a business. I am proud of interning with you at Aid for Aids. I know that all those amazing experiences will open a door for me in the future. I will miss you a lot, take care and may God bless you.

 

With Appreciation,

 

 

Kimberly Acosta 

Photo essay

For the last two weeks I had working in the medicine by fixing and labeling the name of the medicine that were donated   

Those are the medication that were donated to Aid for Aids 

This is the computer I used to help creating files and help my mentor on searching things  

For the last 5 weeks I spend 3 hours on creating and organized new filing system

When my mentor is having a meeting I have to pick up the phone and to take messages for members of office staff

Vocabulary

Word: Duty 

Language: Deber

Sentence: She has a variety of administrative duties.

Word: Advisor 

Language: Asesor

Sentence: my advisor is the one that tell me what to do

Word: Salary 

Language: Sueldo

Sentence: Employees receive an annual increase in salary.

Word: Task 

Language: Tarea

Sentence: one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family

Word: Co-worker 

Language: Compañero de trabajo

Sentence: in my internship my co-workers always help me when I need help

Word: Recommendation 

Language: Recomendación

Sentence: Employees are frequently hired on the recommendation of a friend in the company

Midpiont Reflection

The primary mission of my organization is to help people from all over the world, we serve our people our family no matter were they come from Aid for Aids is an international organization. If Aid for Aids weren’t exists lot of people would die because they don’t have money to provide HIV medicines. I always wanted to intern in something that has medicine and people and I receive all of that and more, what I didn’t expect is that because I heard it as a office I thought it will be bored but that was out of my expectation it wasn’t bored at all I enjoy it. The difference between my internship and IHSL is that IHSL have students from all over the world and my internship is only Spanish people but what they have similar is that both have an great environment and both respect each other.
My number 1 new skills I earned is to be confident because my supervisor Lizette Gonzales always push me to go talk to people and to be confident in what ever I’m doing and that a big gift because I can use it everywhere and I’m sure that will open doors for me in the future. I have a close relationship with my mentor and co-workers we always having fun and they always make sure if I need help or if they can help me with something. I feel that I grown a lot, interacting with professional adults make me inspire them and give support to keep study and have a career it make me think woaw I cant wait me in my office one day and helping my intern. I believe my English and Spanish had improve during my internship weeks because I had to help clients and my mentor and co-workers help me a lot and they also give me an extra Spanish lessons. I learned how to run a business and how to identify a medicines know I can help my mom with her medicines. My challenge is that I was really shy and I was scare to do my tasks but I said to my self I cant let fears control me I have to control it and I think that my mentor hired me that I’m really working with them that I have to give my best and so I did. The altered internship schedule affected me a lot because I be getting tired and plus I have homework to do. Sometime I stay up late do finish my works. For the next five weeks when my supervisor gives me break I’m going to start my assignments to raise my grades. My goal for the next 5 weeks are to give the best me I want to show them that I’m a hard worker. What I learn about New York City is that it has a lot of opportunities we just have to get out and find them.

I choose this image because it really shows how my intern ship is we work at the same time we have fun and we see each other as a family.

Vocabulary

Word / Phrase: Albeit
Meaning: Even though
Context: I heard my supervisor say that word 

Word / Phrase: Bigamist
Meaning: One who has two spouses at the same time 
Context: I search for it in SAT words

Word / Phrase: Concur
Meaning: To agree. 
Context: my supervisor boss was talking in the phone and he said I concur that it will be a good business

Word / Phrase: Fictitious
Meaning: Created or formed by the imagination. 
Context: I search for this in SAT words

Word / Phrase: Imitator
Meaning: One who makes in imitation. 
Context: my supervisor was playing with her workmates and she call one of them imitator

Interview with Lizett Gonzalez

1.       How long have you live here?

I have been in us for 16 years

2.       If you’re not a native of New York, where did you live before?

In Venezuela, my country                                           

3.       Where did you go to college? What kind of student were you in high school? What were you? Favorite classes? What sport and extracurricular activities did you do? My high school was in Venezuela in 1987, I graduate in bachelor in science, my grades mostly Bs, and my favorite class was chemistry, science and lab. The only sport they allowed us to play was volleyball because we were girls.

4.       Did you go to college? Graduate school? If so, where? For how long? What degrees you earn? Are you interesting in going back to school? Yes for two years, here and in Venezuela. In Venezuela I get asistente de contabilidat.im actually in school right now, I’m getting my license

5.       How did you choose your current occupation?

I work as a part time volunteer in Aid for Aids for seven years and last year they hired me fulltime.

6.       What steps did you take to get this job? How did you learn about it? How many interviews did you have? Was hiring process difficult or not difficult? If a person were looking for a job in your company, what advice would you offer?

I learned a lot about HIV first I went to the city to get my license about HIV and then I went to work in different department. I had 2 interviews. Learning English was the most difficult process for me. They would find an opportunity to learn about the ministration to know our mission.

7.       How long have you worked here? Have you worked in different capacities at this job? What jobs at this company have you done in addition to the one you do now?

I worked here for seven years, I just work in administration dept.

8.       What is your job title and what are the three tasks or responsibilities you do most often?

My job title is administrative assistant. I’m the person in charge of payment for bendors and pay Rolland I care about the supplies, the needs of the office, answer the phone, receive mails etc

9.       Who is your direct supervisor and what is her/his job title? How much do you interact with her/him on a weekly basis? My direct supervisor is Jesus Aguais and he’s the executive director. I interact with him by person, email and text.

10.   What are two examples of challenges you face working there?

Two examples of challenges I faced are empowerment and secure.

11.   What is the best part of your job?

The best part is the responsibility of payments, we walk on Aid for Aids walk and gay pray and the big gala.

12.   What is something you would like to change about your job?

No much to change I like what I do, I like my job

13.   Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? From how long? How is that job similar or different?

It was way different it was in a beauty salon for 5 years I was manager of the salon.

14.   What do you see as you future at this company? If you plan on changing job, what will you do?

Ohm sees me here for long time. Be a mother again can only take me of this job

15.   How do you hope a high school intern (such as myself) getting ready for college?

I hope that my intern know about how I run my office and have enough time to see what we do in this organization.

16.   What advice would you give to teenage intern (such as myself) getting ready for college?

The only advice is to find out what you really want as a profession

17.   What advice would you give to teenage intern (such as myself) preparing to find a career?

Don’t choose a career that they don’t like, choose something you passionate about. To be sure they can take a test to see what’s your strength and weakness and to see in what they good at doing

Internship week "first impression"

My supervisor first and last name is Lizett Gonzalez her official job title is administrative assistant.

Lizett Gonzales she have a different office not that small really comfortable. My supervisor characteristics, she’s kind, she cares about others, she’s helpful, she’s lovable, and she’s optimistic and understandable. I like the environment of my internship everybody speak Spanish even through I don’t speak Spanish with them but I feel that my Spanish will improve. When I walk outside I see a tiny building but the moment I step in my point of view change because the peoples who work in it always receive me with big smile and open arms. I love the neighborhood people walking up and down with a smile on their faces. And what I like the most is the shops that they have witch are forever 21, h&m, channel, babe and etc. in the office everybody are busy working or having meetings but at the mean time we would stop for 3 min and have a laugh by making some jokes. Beside my supervisor are her boss, coworkers and the boss daughter who come every Monday to help her dad and we cant forget about my supervisor little daughter who spend the afternoon with us. So far my duties were to put data’s in the computer and archived papers and help my supervisor in other things. Well I volunteer in Aid for Aids on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 2:30 to 5:00. I would encourage others to volunteer in Aids for Aids because they really nice person and they ready to share their experiences with us.