Hey Gladney friends and family!
My name is Kiki and I am a new intern at Gladney in the New Beginnings Program! I am a Human Development and Family Sciences major at UNT and will be graduating this upcoming May! I have been interning here at Gladney for a little over a month now and I am absolutely loving my time here so much! I think what makes the Gladney internship the best internship out there, is that I am truly seen and treated as apart of the team!
I went into this semester thinking that no matter where my internship would be, that I would do nothing more than go on coffee runs and make copies. I was SO wrong because I had no idea that I would be so fortunate enough to be an intern at Gladney. Being a Gladney intern is just like being a actual employee here. Silly but true, I actually got a desk and a computer my first day and that blew ME away!
My second week at Gladney my mentor asked if I was comfortable enough to assist a family with the transition of having adopted children in the home along with their biological children. The adopted children come from a series of hard backgrounds and the transition can be hard, which it is for this family. Every week since I started at Gladney, I get to spend a few hours each week in their home in their daily activities. I truly enjoy being an extension of Gladney to this family who are clients.
I absolutely love and appreciate that Gladney allows me to assist families, but what I love most about this amazing organization is that their love and support does not end after placement or finalization for families. If a family needs any kind of assistance or support even after finalization, Gladney will always do whatever they can to assist a Gladney family, and that is something that means a lot to me to be working for this awesome organization!
Until next time,
New Beginnings Intern-Kiki C.