Bloomberg BNA
Interview with Demedre Heulett, Corporate Counsel/
Equal Employment Opportunity Manager, about Bloomberg BNA's partnership with Urban Alliance
“Partnering with Urban Alliance is a great opportunity to mentor and guide students as they think about their future while providing Bloomberg BNA the ability to be active in the local community.” Read More
Alexandria Renew
Interview with Karen Pallansch, CEO, and Johnnie Wallace, Environmental Health and Safety Manager
“If you are on company or nonprofit boards, if you work for an organization that doesn’t have Urban Alliance interns, please talk up this amazing and impactful intern program or ask your organization to provide internships or resources to Urban Alliance.” Read More
Virginia Hospital Center
Interview with Robin Norman, SVP and CFO, about Virginia Hospital Center’s partnership with Urban Alliance.
“The Urban Alliance interns were well prepared and quick learners. The training they received allowed them to perform quality work with very little intervention. Before we knew it, they were able to take on more tasks and work more independently, which is not always the case with High School interns.” Read More
Mariyamawit (Mariyam) Shiferaw, Northern Virginia 2018
2018 Northern Virginia intern Mariyamawit (Mariyam) Shiferaw wants to work in the fashion industry after college.
“She’s focused; she’s… Read More
Eddie Amoah, Northern Virginia 2016
At first, Eddie Amoah wanted to quit his Urban Alliance internship. But his UA program coordinator had seen how much he had already grown during… Read More
Glenda Flores, Northern Virginia 2017
Glenda Flores has always wanted to be a pediatrician, but when she shared that goal with her school counselor, she was told it wasn’t a realistic… Read More
Blanca Zelaya, Northern Virginia 2018
Blanca Zelaya was eating lunch in her high school cafeteria when she overheard an Urban Alliance (UA) staff member telling her friend about the… Read More
Eva Mercado, Northern Virginia 2018
Before joining Urban Alliance, Eva Mercado worked alongside her entire family at night in a newspaper warehouse that “lacked ventilation, was… Read More