Intern Bios
Name: Lauren Ramstad
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
I plan to go to law school and then do something with that but not exactly sure.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
I hope to become a better leader and learn more about what we are teaching.
Name: Jennifer Ditzhazy
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
My future goals career wise are still not definite since I just began college; however, I would very much like to work with people and am leaning towards a degree in the psychology field. I also intend to learn many languages and travel all over!
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
So far I have learned much about working with people and developing events. I hope to continue developing these skills but I also hope to expand my creativity and I feel that the freedom offered by the internship will definitely allow me to do this.
Name: Taylor Lee
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
In the future, I hope to work within the marketing/advertising business, something that works with/reaches a lot of people.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
In this internship, I plan to learn a lot from my fellow interns. I plan on gaining a lot of experience with reaching out to people, setting up events, tabling, and working together as a group. I know that the other interns work really well together, and that is something that I will not be able to find in a lot of places. This internship is allowing me to get very involved here at UCSB, which is something I had planned on from the start.
Name: Gabby Campos
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
My future goals are to pursue a career at a publishing company and edit books.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
I want to have a more positive attitude, and balanced lifestyle. I also want to be able to share this with other people on campus, and make new friends in the process!
Name: Amara
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
My future plans are to graduate at the end of winter quarter next year (2009) with a bachelors in Psychology and an emphasis in pre-medicine. After graduation, I plan on working at various health clinics to become more familiar with the medical field. Then in winter 2010 I plan on applying to a masters program where ill strive to achieve my Master's Degree in Nursing. My ultimate goal is to become a Nurse Practitioner and work in a school setting similar to that of Student Health.
What are your future goals?
In this internship, I plan on spreading valuable information on positive psychology and the benefits of flourishing. It is a personal goal of mine to help my peers make proactive choices in order to motivate healthier balanced lifestyles. Also, I plan on making a positive difference within the UCSB and local community one step at a time, and through this Wellness internship I am one step closer to that goal.
Name: Jenna Califano
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
My future goals run along the lines of graduating from UCSB with either a psychology or a biopsychology major as well as study abroad somewhere in Spain! I hope to make the most of my experience here at UCSB, hoping to meet awesome people and establish long-lasting friendships. After undergraduate study, I plan to either continue on to graduate school in order to specify my career goals.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
From this internship, I hope to be a role model for living a balanced life-style and gain more self-awareness. Being a wellness intern, I hope to make a difference in someone's life and encourage positive ways of living. I also hope to try new activities and be open-minded to new ideas in how to enhance one's wellness.
Name: Alex Blacker
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
My future goals are to be happy and attend graduate school for psychology.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
I hope to gain leadership skills and a better knowledge of wellness from this internship that I can spread to my peers.
Name: Amanda M. Chacon
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
My goal is to work with kids in a hospital setting where I can help them to get their mind off of whatever they are suffering from. I want to take what I have learned about positive psychology and apply it with these kids to help them help themselves everyday.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
I want to learn as much as possible about the ways that positive psychology can positively affect our mental, physical, and emotional wellness. I think it's amazing how easy it is to make a change for the better.
Name: Ashkan Payami
Major: Wellness
Title: Intern
What are your future goals?
I want to be able to work in some sort of health care management position. i want to be able to help people around me as much as i can because i know how fortunate i am for the many great things in my life. i want my life to involve helping others in some way or another; i think health care management could help aide me in the right direction.
What do you plan to get out of this internship?
I wanna make UCSB happier. I want people to know what Wellness really means and be able to apply it into their own lives.