Chicago, Illinois — June 2019
During the summer between my sophomore and junior years of university, I participated in an educational program hosted by Girls Who Invest at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. The organization supports women pursuing careers in finance through educational opportunities and professional internships.
For the month of June, I studied alongside young women from universities across the United States, attending classes, networking events, and presentations by finance professionals. One weekend, we traveled to Chicago, visiting financial firms during the day and exploring the city in the evenings. A few of us also attended a performance of Hamilton, one of my favorite memories from the trip.
The program concluded with a summer internship at Partners Group, an asset management firm in Broomfield, Colorado. Together, these experiences offered one of my first meaningful exposure to the professional world of finance and helped shape my early career interests.