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My name is Monica Bejarano.

My name's Calyn Kelley.

My name is Molly Marsh, 
and I'm in the masters

of Urban and Public Affairs--

--at the University 
of San Francisco.

The mission of USF 
is largely designed

around this idea of service and 
engagement with the community.

The Urban and Public 
Affairs program

is really one of the places 
where we live that mission.

Our students through 
their internships

end up out in the field, doing 
work that immediately helps

communities and developing 
both the students'

network and our own.

I interned with Episcopal 
Community Services,

and they run two of 
the biggest shelters.

Quite a few different programs 
with the homeless population

here in the city.

I was able to tap 
into those resources.

One of my professors used 
to be the city comptroller,

and so I could ask him, like, 
what's the budget process

actually like?

Like, I'm supposed to 
help with my internship,

and I have no idea 
what I'm doing.

Know that the professors 
have worked in the field,

and they know what's 
going on, and they

want to help their students.

It's been a great experience.

I'm interning in the General 
Services Agency's Early Care

and Education program within 
the county of Alameda.

There's a legislative bill 
tracker, which basically tracks

all of the bills with regard 
to early care and education,

and I closely monitor that.

And I've been given 
the opportunity

to do public comment in 
front of the Alameda County

Board of Supervisors.

I've been given the opportunity 
to speak before the Hayward

Board of Education.

I've been able to speak in front 
of so many different groups.

My internship was 
specifically with PODER.

They are a nonprofit 
organization here

in San Francisco.

And it stands for People 
Organizing for Environmental

and Economic Justice.

So that was a really 
great theory to practice,

and it really went 
along with what

we learned during the year.

You know, practicing 
community organizing,

how to understand politics 
and policies actually

in effect when it 
comes to the community.

This internship has definitely 
set a great trajectory

for me, and also for 
my other cohort members

to be able to go out into 
fields that we love so much

and commit ourselves 
as public servants.

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