Meet Our 2017 Temple of Understanding Summer Interns!
On June 26, the Temple of Understanding’s 2017 student interns will arrive at the United Nations!
We can hardly wait to meet these talented young people in person. Read on to meet our interns and learn about the projects they will be pursuing at the UN this summer.
Nicholas Wright
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553534804549{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My Name is Nicholas Wright. I am from Louisville, Kentucky, and I currently attend Ballard High School. What drew me to this UN internship was a...
Grace Wilson
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553534453747{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Grace Wilson, and I am 17 years old. I am from New York City. I was initially inspired to work at the UN because of all of the...
Sara Thirlwell
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553534234044{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] Hello, my name is Sara Thirlwell. I am 16 years old, and I am from Toronto, ON, Canada. I am an advocate for positive change, social justice, and...
Philine van Karnebeek
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553534065082{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] Hi, my name is Philine van Karnebeek and I am a 16-year-old junior living in Amsterdam. Since 2014, I have become increasingly interested in...
Anushka Singh
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553533875947{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] Hello! My name is Anushka Singh. I am 19 years old, and I am an American citizen of Indian descent. I was born in Connecticut and grew up there...
Pallab Saha
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553533691682{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Pallab Saha. I am a sixteen year old from Queens, New York. I currently attend Stuyvesant High School, an elite specialized high...
Eunice Park
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553533496324{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Eunice Park, and I am a 17-year-old girl currently attending school in Los Angeles, California. Originally from South Korea, I...
Akash Mishra
Hi! My name is Akash Mishra, and I am a 17- year-old student at the American School of Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I’m from the United States, having lived in Kansas City, KS, before moving to Dubai in the spring of 2010, but have a strong connection with my...
Zach Karpovich
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553533217716{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Zach Karpovich and I am a 17-year-old junior from Rye High School in Rye, New York. My interest in interning at the U.N. stemmed from...
Reeno Hashimoto
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553533081307{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] Konnichi wa! Hello! My name is Reeno Hashimoto and I am a seventeen-year-old New Yorker. Just like my varied greeting, I embody an eclectic...
Tyler Goldstein
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553532907587{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] Hello, my name is Tyler Goldstein and I am from Plainview, NY. I am 16 years old and will be a Junior next fall. I read the news daily and have a...
Elie Farah
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553532537971{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Elie Farah. I am 16 years old and was born and raised in New York City. Both of my parents are of Middle Eastern descent, and some of...
Neel Dhavale
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553532357211{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Neel Dhavale, and I am a sixteen-year-old rising junior from Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California. Several years ago, as part...
Esther Choi
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553532244771{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Esther Choi, a 17-year-old student from Suwanee, Georgia. I have always had a keen interest in the world and its workings, yet it was...
Justin Chang
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553532059030{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Justin Chang and I am a sixteen-year-old rising senior from Seoul, Republic of Korea. I first applied to this internship because of my...
Jacob Castillo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553531852547{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Jacob Castillo, and I am a 17 year old from Houston, Texas. I currently attend the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts as a...
Claire Burwell
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553531704127{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] Hi! My name is Claire Burwell, and I am a 17-year-old student at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City. I am originally from...
Isabella Benavides
My name is Isabella Benavides, and I am 18 years old. I reside in Pearland, Texas, a suburb of Houston, Texas. I will be a first-year Political Science major at the University of Houston this fall. My goal is to study abroad and pursue a law degree as well. I applied...
Ryan Adell
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553530035493{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Ryan Adell. I am a 17-year-old high school student from New York. Simply put, the world has problems. The world also has problem...
Najem Abaakil
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern="false" css=".vc_custom_1553529904098{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] My name is Najem Abaakil, and I am a 16-year-old high school student from Rabat, Morocco. This summer, I will be interning under Temple of...