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Kathy's questions
May. 28th, 2005 08:08 amYes, I know it's packing day. I'm eating breakfast. FYI, my computer be moved today, which means I probably won't be able to respond to questions for another two days.
1. What exactly is it that you do for your job? Do you like it? Do you wish it had more to do with your degree?
I work for Youth Venture, which is a national non-profit which serves and supports young people ages 12-20 who want to start their own socially-beneficial organization, business or club. We serve and support them by asking them to fill out an application which resembles a business plan. Once the applications pass through as election panel, we give them a small grant that covers start-up costs, some tools for thinking through their ventures, and access to a larger network of fellow venturers and adults with technical expertise through our website.
My title is National Partnership Associate, which means that I work with different sites of large youth-serving organizations to implement a Youth Venture program into their programming. Of the three National Partnership Associates in my office, my focus is on organizatiosn for young women, so I'm working with the Girl Scouts, YWCA, and Girls, Inc.
Yes, I like what I do. I feel like it's very worthwhile. It does have something to do with my degree: I'm using the set of skills that I learned as a liberal arts major (and probably already had before then.. oh well), even though I'm not using the content.
2. Do you think you'll go to grad school in the future?
Probably. I just need to figure out whether I want to go into something directly applicable and practical like social policy, non-profit management, museum studies or journalism, or if I want it to be something academic like historical sociology, intellectual history/philosophy, or literature, and just hope that the jobs I apply for only ask for a master's in something and not a master's in one of those forementioned applicable fields.
3. What's the best part about living in DC?
The people who live here, because they're all here to work for the government or national organizations, so it means that they're smart, well-informed, and have interesting jobs, which adds an element of interest to eavesdropping on the Metro.
4. What was the best part about living in Benton?
Having a home where I could be myself around a lot of my peers who didn't think it was strange.
5. What is a favorite book of yours?
The Giver by Lois Lowry
1. What exactly is it that you do for your job? Do you like it? Do you wish it had more to do with your degree?
I work for Youth Venture, which is a national non-profit which serves and supports young people ages 12-20 who want to start their own socially-beneficial organization, business or club. We serve and support them by asking them to fill out an application which resembles a business plan. Once the applications pass through as election panel, we give them a small grant that covers start-up costs, some tools for thinking through their ventures, and access to a larger network of fellow venturers and adults with technical expertise through our website.
My title is National Partnership Associate, which means that I work with different sites of large youth-serving organizations to implement a Youth Venture program into their programming. Of the three National Partnership Associates in my office, my focus is on organizatiosn for young women, so I'm working with the Girl Scouts, YWCA, and Girls, Inc.
Yes, I like what I do. I feel like it's very worthwhile. It does have something to do with my degree: I'm using the set of skills that I learned as a liberal arts major (and probably already had before then.. oh well), even though I'm not using the content.
2. Do you think you'll go to grad school in the future?
Probably. I just need to figure out whether I want to go into something directly applicable and practical like social policy, non-profit management, museum studies or journalism, or if I want it to be something academic like historical sociology, intellectual history/philosophy, or literature, and just hope that the jobs I apply for only ask for a master's in something and not a master's in one of those forementioned applicable fields.
3. What's the best part about living in DC?
The people who live here, because they're all here to work for the government or national organizations, so it means that they're smart, well-informed, and have interesting jobs, which adds an element of interest to eavesdropping on the Metro.
4. What was the best part about living in Benton?
Having a home where I could be myself around a lot of my peers who didn't think it was strange.
5. What is a favorite book of yours?
The Giver by Lois Lowry
