What I learned was that time is of the essence. I personally felt that my supervisors didn’t give me work quickly enough. I was questioning that all throughout my internship but towards the end I realized that it was enough work to be done. I just had to show my skills with what I was assigned to do. I also learned take constructive criticism. I learned a lot during my time at Giving Forward. In the beginning, teamwork was a vital component to my internship experience. After a while however, I reverted back to working on my own again. This wasn’t a problem, it was just reassuring that my supervisors trusted me enough to work on my own. For that I am grateful. The one thing I wish to take away with me is the fact that in the beginning I was worried about my performance during this semester. I was worried about everything from how I was going to perform during in class sessions, as well as how my work for Giving Forward was going to be considered. All in all, it was a great experience to intern for Giving Forward and to be apart of Prof. Nicolaou’s class. It was a full circle moment for me, as I started with her in Graphic Design Principles I and got the opportunity to finish with her now for COMD 4900.

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