Meet 4 Individuals Who Did an Internship in Costa Rica with AIFS
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With thriving industries spanning tourism, environmental conservation, healthcare, and tech—and an emphasis on work-life steadiness—Costa Rica is a superb place to achieve skilled expertise in a variety of fields. AIFS Overseas gives many intern overseas and Research + Internship packages in San José, Costa Rica’s capital. With an internship in San José, you’ll be able to construct career-focused expertise, all whilst you benefit from the nation’s Pura Vida life-style and uncover the beautiful pure landscapes it’s well-known for. Need to be taught extra about what it’s actually wish to intern overseas in Costa Rica?
Hear from 4 faculty college students and up to date graduates who interned overseas in Costa Rica with AIFS Overseas!
Anna: Engineering Internship in San José
With rigorous course hundreds and extremely particular diploma necessities, STEM majors usually marvel if they will research or intern overseas like different faculty college students. The reply is YES—and Anna resides proof! {An electrical} engineering main on the College of Kentucky, Anna interned overseas in Costa Rica throughout the summer time earlier than her senior yr.
As she explains, her engineering internship taught her each career-specific exhausting expertise and broader gentle expertise, that are sure to profit her sooner or later as she pursues skilled alternatives:
“I’m [interning] at a worldwide engineering agency, and I’ve simply had such a good time. I’ve realized a lot, not solely about issues that can assist me in my future profession, like programming schematics, all these exhausting engineering expertise, but in addition concerning the gentle expertise, so collaborate and talk and modify to [new] office [environments].”
Anna found that connecting along with her welcoming colleagues was her favourite a part of her internship:
“My coworkers have positively been the very best half; they’ve been so encouraging and candy about serving to me to be taught their tradition, and they’re truly throwing me a Fourth of July celebrationas a result of they’re simply so wanting to find out about the place I come from.”
Whereas Anna loved her homestay throughout a earlier research overseas expertise, she appreciated the independence that her shared condo in San José afforded her:
“I made a decision I needed to be somewhat bit extra unbiased and expertise what it could be wish to be in an condo. I’ve cherished it rather a lot. I feel having the ability to expertise what it’s like dwelling in San José , and if I had been doubtlessly to maneuver right here or overseas sooner or later, what it’s wish to cook dinner my very own meals, determine my very own transport, have my very own area, and simply have somewhat bit extra independence.”
It’s completely regular to not know the place you wish to research or intern overseas—particularly after you see the entire superb choices supplied by AIFS Overseas! One factor that helped Anna’s determination to decide on Costa Rica was contacting the AIFS Overseas group, who helped her pick a program based mostly on her private pursuits {and professional} targets:
“I used to be tremendous overwhelmed at first about the place I ought to go for my internship. As quickly as I spotted that I needed to intern overseas, I began trying into what AIFS supplied and there are simply so many places that I obtained tremendous scared for a second that I used to be not going to finish up the place I wanted to be, however [the AIFS Abroad team] was tremendous useful with explaining precisely why they had been recommending sure locations to me.
They let me know that Costa Rica has 99% renewable power manufacturing and since that’s [the industry] I’m hoping to [work in] sooner or later, this is able to be an important match for me and my pursuits as nicely… They actually mentioned that this is able to be an important place for me to go, and clearly it’s labored out completely completely. I’d not wish to be anyplace else, and I can not wait to journey again to San José sooner or later.”
Caroline: Non-Revenue Internship in San José
Meet Caroline, who’s pursuing a level in environmental research and media research & manufacturing at Temple College. Caroline did a non-profit internship in San José that introduced each of her educational disciplines collectively:
“[My host organization] does numerous local weather and environmental analysis. It manages protected areas within the nation, and it additionally runs numerous environmental education schemes. So, I’m working within the communications group there, so it’s an important pair between the 2… I interview totally different topics, and I gather all of the movies and edit them collectively to ultimately go on the web site.”
Costa Rica is stuffed with distinctive experiences—each when it comes to skilled alternatives and wildlife. Whereas Caroline loved collaborating along with her coworkers, she may by no means get just a few of them to come back out of their shells:
“Within the backyard/patio at work, we’ve got a cat and 4 turtles! They’re nice coworkers.”
Reflecting on her expertise, Caroline described her internship in Costa Rica as each impactful and one-of-a-kind.
“I feel that for me, San José, and interning right here in Costa Rica has been very transformative. I’ve skilled so many issues which can be once-in-a-lifetime alternatives. I positively suppose that San José is a location for individuals who wish to simply have hands-on experiences and to have a very genuine, distinctive expertise.”
With a lot to supply, Caroline emphasised how Costa Rica has one thing for anybody, whether or not you’re drawn to its protected ecosystems or wanting to discover your adventurous facet:
“Costa Rica’s only a nice vacation spot for thrill-seekers to nature-lovers and something in between with its wealthy biodiversity and great pure landscapes. I feel if this pursuits you in any respect, then you must positively take the chance to come back right here.”
William: Media Manufacturing Internship in San José
Do you know you’ll be able to intern overseas after you graduate from faculty? William, who studied communications and Spanish at Xavier College, did a media manufacturing internship in San José as a latest graduate.
After listening to concerning the stunning landscapes—suppose lush rainforests, majestic volcanoes, and tropical seashores—and welcoming tradition, Costa Rica appeared like the right place for William to achieve skilled expertise and work on his Spanish language expertise:
“I needed a Spanish-speaking nation to follow my Spanish, and I’d by no means been to Central America earlier than… Additionally, I heard so many good issues about how good the folks had been, which is true, and the way stunning the surroundings is right here, and the way good the climate is as nicely. I had by no means considered going to Central America earlier than, so once I noticed Costa Rica as a possibility, I believed this was my likelihood… I didn’t know when I’d have the ability to have that likelihood sooner or later.”
As a media manufacturing intern, William’s function centered on all issues videography and cinematography, permitting him to construct a broad array of expertise associated to audio and visible manufacturing:
“The duties at my internship actually simply rely upon the day—it varies rather a lot. More often than not, I do numerous enhancing… However additionally I have the chance to go off-site when I’m not within the workplace—I’ll be doing numerous filming, I get to work behind the digicam and get to be taught extra concerning the processes and all of the devices. After which I additionally assist with the setup and takedown of all of the tools. Generally I’ll assist with revising scripts… Something that has to do with audiovisual manufacturing, I’m just about doing all of it. So, it’s positively a full-time gig, however I get pleasure from it, and it’s superior, I adore it.”
Outdoors of his internship, William took full benefit of the AIFS Overseas journeys and excursions that had been included in his program, permitting him to go to a few of Costa Rica’s world-renowned nationwide parks:
“Fortunately, with AIFS, you’re capable of go to numerous locations in Costa Rica. The primary month that we had been right here, each weekend of January, we had been going to a different location, and we hit each province in Costa Rica. We [visited] Manuel Antonio [National Park], Monte Verde [Cloud Forest], Poás [Volcano National Park], [and] La Fortuna… [And] you’re capable of plan your individual excursions, numerous the scholars try this right here and so they have a blast. Fortunately, by means of my internship, I’m additionally allowed to journey all through Costa Rica as a result of I’m out filming, so there are numerous alternatives to journey inside Costa Rica.”
Pondering again on his time in Costa Rica with AIFS Overseas, William was so grateful for this chance and all of the folks he met due to it:
“I’ve loved just about each minute, and it’s only a magical metropolis and a magical nation. The folks listed here are superb, the folks in my program are superb—positively made some lifelong associates for certain. I really like my roommates. Every little thing simply fell into place, and I’m simply so blessed to be right here, and I feel that when you’ve got the chance to go, you’ll discover the identical factor. So positively give AIFS a attempt, give Costa Rica a attempt, you received’t remorse it. It’s a fantastic nation, and it’s an incredible time.”
Marie: Research + Internship in San José
For college kids who can’t determine between an internship and a research overseas program, a Research + Internship program is the right alternative. By together with a part-time internship overseas alongside a conventional research overseas expertise, these packages supply the very best of each worlds.
Marie, a third-year advertising main and Spanish minor on the College of Wisconsin-Whitewater, enrolled within the prolonged Research + Internship program in San José, permitting her to take 4 programs and achieve skilled expertise throughout her 16-week program:
“I’m an intern overseas, additionally whereas taking courses that switch again to my college… I’ve taken 4 courses in whole right here whereas interning. I took [a] Spanish [course] my first month right here—I’m doing the prolonged semester, so I completed that again up in September…There’s such a wide selection of courses and I’ve completely cherished them. We’ve gone on subject journeys for many of them as nicely.”
Marie was a advertising intern at a neighborhood college in San José, the place she took on a flexible function supporting communications, promotions, and campus occasions. From social media administration to aiding with occasions, Marie’s internship gave her hands-on expertise throughout a variety of promoting disciplines:
“After which I’m additionally interning [for] 30 hours per week… I’m often engaged on the social media accounts in addition to fixing up any of the promotions… [I also create] numerous the bulletins… [and help out with] numerous the larger occasions [for my host organization].”
Whereas attending courses and doing an internship might sound like rather a lot, as Marie explains, her schedule was very manageable:
“My internship schedule is absolutely based mostly on my college schedule, so Monday and Wednesday I intern from about 8 AM to 1 PM, with my lunch break being from 3 to 4, as I’ve courses throughout the day. After which on Tuesday and Thursday, I intern from 8 AM to five PM. It’s very versatile; I’ve Fridays off utterly. They completely wish to work with you in the event you’re serious about that… I actually, really get pleasure from it, so my 30 hours per week doesn’t hassle me.”
Uncover all Costa Rica has to supply—intern overseas in San José with AIFS Overseas like these faculty college students and up to date graduates did!
AIFS Overseas gives quite a few intern overseas packages in Costa Rica, every tailor-made to fulfill particular skilled, educational, and private targets. For faculty college students and up to date graduates who need to construct career-focused expertise throughout a variety of industries—all whereas they uncover stunning landscapes and vigorous Latin tradition—Costa Rica is a superb alternative for an internship overseas. Go together with AIFS Overseas and benefit from your time overseas with our beneficial program inclusions, equivalent to housing, journeys and excursions, profession readiness programming, 24/7 emergency help, complete insurance coverage, and the assist of our devoted on-site workers.
