Pláticas: Summer Internship Panel.

Curious how Latina/o Studies students spend their summers? Join us for a panel where students share their experiences with internships, research, jobs, and more. Panelists will talk about how they found their opportunities, what they learned, and their advice for landing your own. Come with questions, and stay for light lunch and conversation! All are welcome!

Join in person or virtually  Isee zoom details below).

Panelists:

Hannia Arevalo is a senior double majoring in Government and Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences with a focus on right-wing politics, Christian Zionism, and non-profit engagement. She is currently an honors thesis candidate with a research focus on the political implications of Christian Zionism in the United States. She was a communications intern at Jerusalem Peacebuilders working in donation campaigns, high school interfaith programs, and general communications across Jerusalem, Geneva, Paris, and Houston, TX. 

Ángel Escamilla is a senior majoring in Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and is a candidate for honors in research with his honors thesis research focused on the evolution of genomic instability across various backgrounds of the budding yeast S. Cerevisiae. He was a recipient of the Cornell Summer Experience Grant that supported his summer research in the Bravo Núñez lab in the department of molecular biology and genetics here at Cornell.

Agustina Garcia is a senior triple majoring in Government, American Studies, and Latino/a Studies, with a minor in Law & Society, in the College of Arts & Sciences. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, she moved to Long Island, New York in 2015. Over the summer, she spent time working at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in New York City as part of the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program.

Jacqueline Perez is a senior majoring in Government and American Studies. She is interested in pursuing a future legal career. This past summer, she interned as a Government Affairs Intern at Citi’s HQ in NYC, where she helped prepare briefs on key political figures and their relevance to Citi’s strategic priorities, conducted research on financial policy issues, and supported outreach to elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels. Throughout the summer, she also had the opportunity to meet with several politicians to learn more about policy issues relevant to Citi’s interests.

Edgar Vilchez is a senior majoring in Government with minors in Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) and Information Science with a focus on digital culture & production in the College of Arts & Sciences. He was an intern at Bank of America working in cybersecurity and defense technology risk. 

Zoom details:
Time: Nov 6, 2026 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meeting
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95377064428?pwd=OSxmo7jB1zOC9Hq25vRidkS0HIIeRz.1

Meeting ID: 953 7706 4428
Passcode: 334074