Young Ambassadors 2025 Practicum Blog

Keila @ OMSI!! Hello everybody!!!! I hope everyone had an amazing week, as well as my fellow YAP Ambassadors who completed their last week at their internship. YAY!! It's such a surreal thing to say that, but these weeks have gone by so quickly! But last blog, BEST BLOG!! So let's get to it!!! (Quick note: My internship finished last week, but I was experiencing a lot of technical issues, so I couldn't share my wonderful adventures from my last week.) On Wednesday morning, the internship group and I were in a workshop meeting with Alexis(One of our amazing staff<3) and learned more about how to chart our finalized project process to help us plan our final presentation to present to the staff who have been involved in helping us with our projects! Later that afternoon, I got started on working on my final design tote bags!!!! Throughout this process, I learned how to use the Cricut machine to make a digital design and actually cut out my heat press on vinyl. Not only that...

 On August 4th—a shortened day—I began compiling my research on “Think, See, Feel” into a presentable document. On August 5th, I continued to work on my Think, See, Feel presentation. On August 6th, I helped finalize research that the other interns were doing and also got to see two other interns present two pieces of art for the selection committee to vote on. I and the other interns also met with the graphic designer to learn about what she does within the museum. On August 7th, I attended an all-staff meeting at the NHCC and presented my Think, See, Feel research using an existing art piece in the museum. In August 8th, I met with Elena Baca and debriefed further about my research. 

  Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte Melanie Torres Crespo - Week 5 Hello everyone! Welcome to my final week at the Museum of History, Anthropology, and Art. I'm so sad that this marvelous experience has ended. However, I am also extremely grateful and thankful to have had the opportunity to meet the all of the amazing staff, learn more about how museums work, and overall just immerse myself in this fantastic experience. Indeed, it was once in a lifetime type of opportunity that I will always treasure in my heart! During Monday and Tuesday , my main focus was ensuring that all materials needed for the upcoming orientation was finished, packaged, and ready to transport. I finished fixing all brochures, cut papers for promotional events.  I also assisted in the exhibition and even guided some visitors through the different areas, answering their questions and explaining the art pieces.  Furthermore, I had an opportunity to explore the university campus and learn more a...

Hi everyone! Today was my last day at the El Paso Museum of History—it marks a bittersweet moment for me, as I go to say goodbye to some of the best people who I got to call friends. Let's get through this week! Since it was my last week here, we collectively decided to enjoy the moments of tenderness and chill out with everything. Like in my last post, I've been preparing to present my workshop at the library, so Monday I was preparing some more: finishing my presentation, zine, etc.  On Tuesday, I spent the first half talking to my supervisor, Nora, about my time at the internship and if I thought I did everything I'd like to do, e.g., community outreach, aiding with exhibits, etc., and of course, I said YES! The rest of the afternoon, I went to visit Centre Future, discussing more types of collaboration we could do in the future.  Wednesday came, and I spent the day reflecting on my time at the museum, and Nora helped me fix up my resume.  On Thursday, we threw a littl...

  San Diego History Center - Diego Diaz, Week 4 Hello and welcome back everyone to my final (late) vlog for my time spent at the San Diego History Center. It has been a fulfilling experience to delve within the broad community oriented environment I have been immersed in for the last four weeks. This week, I was granted the opportunity to continue exploring the inner workings of a museum, while also getting to become more immersed within the community through the children's book reading at the San Diego Central Library.  While both Monday and Tuesday were spent on continuing to finish the projects, I spent Wednesday at the Central Library reading Paletero Man. The moments leading up to the event, I was extremely nervous as I spent my time reviewing YouTube videos and reading over the tips listed on the YAP handbook. However, when I arrived at the library I felt welcomed by the librarians and it allowed me to feel more prepared as I asked questions and got helpful feedback o...

Los Angeles County Museum of Art– Carlos Madrid Week 4 Final Week Wow, it feels so wild to think that this is my last time posting a blog late, and it was my last week interning at LACMA, I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunities which I experienced and the lessons I learned.  On Monday and Tuesday, I finalized and perfected aspects of my capstone project before my presentation on Wednesday to the education and public programs department. Additionally I worked on three informational training booklets for new art pieces for the docents. On Tuesday we had a fire drill and I thought it was cool that my name was on the booklet for checkins even though I was only at LACMA for a month lol!  Before my presentation on Wednesday I sat in on a special museum tour with one of my colleagues Arturo. It was interesting to see how he had to articulate due to the young age of the participants. I enjoyed the tour a lot and compared the similarities between docent tours, and gallery learnin...