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  • Camille Jade Agdinaoay: The Uplifting the Heart Behind San José

    Synopsis: Camille Agdinaoay reflects on the start of her fellowship at the City of San José Office of Economic Development, sharing her early experiences supporting small businesses, contributing to marketing campaigns, collaborating with business associations, and being part of the change.

  • Martina Perez-Verzini: Rooted in Community

    Synopsis: Diane shares their first impressions as a Programs Fellow at the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley and reflects on the organization’s impact on the Latino community.

  • Morgan Hunter: Building Blocks for Success

    Synopsis: Reflecting on how the collaborative spirit of Cristo Rey San José’s staff and students fuels the mission of helping students to thrive academically, socially, and personally.

  • Yash Sharma: Investing in My Community

    Synopsis: I reflect on my beginnings at the City of San Jose, where I support smaller businesses through grants and data analysis, showcasing my role in growing the local economy.

  • Sophia Tallud : Small Team Driving Major Changes

    Synopsis: Sophia explores the profound impact a small, dedicated team at the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley has on empowering Hispanic families and increasing their representation in the tech industry.

  • Sparsh Garg: Bridging Business Education and Community Impact

    Reflecting on the intersection of business education and community engagement, this blog post explores how business skills are uniquely applied and valued within non-profit, government, and community work, highlighting the impact of strategic thinking, communication, and problem-solving in fostering economic development and social change.

  • Minhthi Nguyen: Face-to-Face

    Minhthi celebrates the “little victories” while utilizing her heritage to communicate with small business owners in Vietnam Town

  • Paisley Luna: Connecting with the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley

    The welcoming and kind team at the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley has taught me about the nonprofit sector, the importance of helping Latinx students in the Bay Area attend college and the struggles they face in doing so, and how to create an education program from start to finish in just the first six weeks as an Education Programs intern - I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year has in store for me!

  • Don Vu: A Different Perspective

    Don shares his initial thoughts on interning for the Hispanic Foundation Ball and the work that the foundation has been doing so far, along with how he feels about the team.

  • Don Vu: Skyfall

    Don shares how working at a non-profit (Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley) intertwines with the skills learned from the Leavey School of Business.

  • Maggie Walter: A Part of the Change

    Through my work with Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, I am able to continue to be a part of the positive change that our world desperately needs.

  • Maggie Walter: The Many Benefits of a Business Degree

    Maggie writes of the importance of applying her business education to serve as a pathway to bettering society. She specifically writes how she has been able to accomplish this while working at Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County.

  • Alex Mueller: Passion and Drive in the Workplace

    Alex shares a new perspective on business skills, such as time management and passion, he has learned through his work with local businesses as a part of his internship with the San Jose Office of Economic Development.

  • Maansi Maskai: Progress over Perfection

    Maansi reflects on personal and professional values that she has gained through her experience and role at the Corporate Work Study Program at Cristo Rey High School in San Jose.

  • Sparsh Garg: Navigating New Beginnings

    Exploring the early stages of the fellowship journey as a Business Development Intern, focusing on automation and efficiency in the San Jose Office of Economic Development.

  • Olivia Glaser: Balancing it All: My Professional Development at the OED

    Olivia shares her thoughts on how the past 6 months at the San Jose Office of Economic Development has prepared her for her professional life after college… in ways she didn't anticipated but deeply appreciates.  This post was written as Bay Area communities began shelter in place orders.

  • Community Fellows Vlog: Tyler Konkal

    Tyler reflects on his experiences and lessons learned being a LSB Community Fellow and reflects on how his business education has helped him navigate his internship thus far.

  • Community Fellows Vlog: Dana Militante

    Dana reflects on her experiences and lessons learned being a LSB Community Fellow and shares how the things we learn in the classroom actually do apply to the real world.

  • Community Fellows Vlog: Rowan Whalen

    Rowan reflects on his experiences and lessons learned being a LSB Community Fellow and shares his responsibilities working at the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits.

  • Community Fellows Vlog: Allison Snare

    Allison reflects on her experiences and lessons learned being a LSB Community Fellow and shares her opinion about redefining the traditional business interpretations of success, through a reflection of work at the City of San Jose.

  • Community Fellows Vlog: Joe Plata

    Joe reflects on his experiences and lessons learned being a LSB Community Fellow and talks about the process of effectively passing on his knowledge to the students of Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School.

  • Community Fellows Vlog: Casey Clay

    Casey reflects on his experiences and lessons learned being a LSB Community Fellow and working for the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits, and his work on the Health and Housing Summit.

  • Kate Laughton: Diving into Economic Development

    Kate discusses her responsibilities of executing grants for the Storefront Initiative, a grant opportunity to help small businesses lease vacant spaces by helping to pay for the cost of city permits, fees and taxes.

  • Raya Young - Cristo Rey

    Raya is thriving in her fellowship with Cristo Rey San Jose Corporate Work Study Program, and she explains why.

  • Andrew Meylan : La Ceiba

    Andrew relates some of the difficulties his team has faced with the process of renovating La Ceiba and how they have addressed them.

  • Everything Converges

    Gus' initiative at his internship with the City of San Jose led to a convergence of his work, schooling and general interests.

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    Falcons and Reflection

    City Hall plays host to a number of interesting individuals...including this falcon, which sits perched atop the 18th floor of the building.

    Anthony Gill reflects on his experience interning at San Jose's City Hall.

  • Emily Torpey with her NPI Fellows supervisors image link to story

    Meeting the Dean!

    Emily talks about the final dinner with supervisors and the dean of the Business School.