Elana Denise Anderson
Howard University
October 26, 2011 - May 2013

Elana Denise Anderson currently holds a BA in African American Studies with minors in both French and English Literature, and an MA in African Studies (concentrating in Language, Literature and the Arts). Her current academic pursuits include a doctorate, also in African Studies, and a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies. A lifetime member of the National Council of Negro Women and an advocate for women's rights all over the world, Elana's field research will take her to Senegal, West Africa for the first half of 2012, where she will continue to intern at WIFP electronically while conducting research in the Senegalese publishing industry. Her future goals include the founding of a publishing enterprise that will lend itself to the honest dissemination of information in a global context.

Completed 2011 interns:

Fall Interns:

Soraya Schwartz
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA
September 14 - December 2011

My name is Soraya Schwartz and I graduated with a degree in Mass Communication from Loyola University New Orleans in May 2011. I love to travel, meet new people and explore other cultures. In the future I would love to teach abroad and attend graduate school. I have always been interested in social justice and women's issues and feel that WIFP is the perfect place for me to work on and learn more about these areas.

Sara Bales
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR
August 17 - October 14, 2011

My name is Sara Bales, and I attended Portland Community College in Portland, OR, and Rogue Community College in Southern Oregon previously. I hope to double major in English and History, and go on to study law and become a prosecutor for the State of Oregon. I love the idea of being able to set legal precedents to make our judiciary system better, as well as the day to day of keeping harmful people off the streets. I’m very excited to be in Washington, DC, for this internship because of the family significance it has for me- my great-grandmother founded it and my great-aunt currently runs it- and because it allows me to help achieve the goal of the WIFP and give women of all kinds in all types of situations a stronger voice.

Colleen Callery, Jane Seigel, Laura Caldas de Mesquita, Samantha Young
June 20, 2011

Samantha Young
Marymount University
Arlington, VA
May 16 - August 1, 2011

Samantha Gina Young

"I’m Samantha Gina Young. I’m a senior at Marymount University, graduating in Summer 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in English. I’m a creative writer at heart, with a focus in the genres of non-fiction, sci-fi and young adult fiction. Creative writing has taken up a major part of my life since I was eleven years old. However, my life also revolves around soccer and my family. Thankfully, they both come hand in hand. I hope to publish my fictional novels one day as well as write about soccer in the sports section of a newspaper or magazine."

Jane Siegel
Elon University
Elon, NC
June 1 - July 1, 2011

Jane Siegel

"My name is Jane Siegel and I attend Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. I am an English Literature and Philosophy double major with a minor in non-violence studies and will graduate in Spring 2013. I have been passionate about human rights since I joined Amnesty International in high-school, and as I have grown I have only become more committed in my desire to spend my career working for human rights and social justice causes. I am studying abroad this coming fall semester (July 2011-November 2011) in Johannesburg, South Africa on a program called the International Human Rights Exchange through Bard College. I believe very strongly that as human beings, we all deserve certain basic rights, and in my future endeavors I hope to do all that I can to advocate for those being denied such rights."

Colleen Donata Callery
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
June 13 - August 1, 2011

My name is Colleen Callery. I recently graduated from James Madison University with degrees in Corporate Communications and English. Literature is my passion, and reading the works and philosophies of early twentieth century writers like Virginia Woolf changed the way I thought about life. The last four years studying literature and media has introduced me to the social and cultural importance of women in writing. I hope to go into publishing and continue to work for the plurality of voices in all media, especially in poetry and prose.

Colleen Callery, Jane Siegel and Samantha Young
June 13, 2011

Laura Caldas de Mesquita
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
June 20 - August 1, 2011

My name is Laura Mesquita I was born in Brazil and I am a sociology major at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands with a minor in Gender, Politics and Sexuality. Unlike most universities where Gender and Women’s studies are usually grounded in Humanities, my home university has designed the program with its roots in real-life experiences, linguistics, philosophy, political science, anthropology and sociology. It is precisely this multi-disciplinary character that enchanted me. Women’s struggles are never one-dimensional and, as a woman and a “non-Western” immigrant, I know this first hand. I hope to be admitted to a research master’s in Social Sciences after my bachelor’s and continue my academic development for a few years to come.

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