Professional Experience
Scholars cap their undergraduate experiences with an internship in the Professional Experience summer. Scholars may seek professional work experience in any field or industry. With the full resources of the Morehead-Cain community (including staff, alumni, and partners) behind them, scholars have limitless opportunities at their fingertips.
In 2021–2022, 76 scholars spent their Professional Experience summers in 27 U.S. cities and eight countries around the world. Learn more about their experiences below.
International Professional Experience Placements
Canada
Atlas Partners LP
Toronto, Ontario
Scholar: Jack Goldsmith ’24
Ecuador
Manna Project
Cuenca
Scholar: Amalia Marmolejos ’23
Editorial La Caida
Scholar: Ana Lucia Ciro ’24
Jordan
Tamkeen for Legal Aid
Amman
Scholar: Jasper Schutt ’24
Rwanda
Partners in Health
Kigali
Scholar: Senam Adedze ’23
Sierra Leone
Rising Academies
Freetown
Scholar: Quintin Gay ’24
South Africa
Center for Affordable Housing
Johannesburg
Scholar: Noor El-Baradie ’23
Uganda
GiveDirectly
Kampala
Scholar: Amy Feng ’23
United Kingdom
EY
Manchester
Scholar: Lucy-Rose Dyson ’23
ReSolve
London
Scholar: Jonathan Osborne ’23
National Professional Experience Placements
Alaska
McKinley Management
Juneau
Scholar: Garnett Nelson ’24
Southeast Conference
Juneau
Scholar: Ryan Jensen ’24
California
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Menlo Park
Scholar: Tatum Trysla ’23
Fun House
San Francisco
Scholar: Ilyas Colie ’23
Hunting Lane Productions; Koreatown Youth & Community Center
Los Angeles
Scholar: Sophie Cho ’23
Impossible Foods
Redwood City
Scholar: Bailey Benson ’23
Katahdin Productions
Los Angeles
Scholar: Avni Singh ’23
Learn to Win
San Francisco
Morgan Davies ’24
NBCUniversal
Los Angeles
Jalen McKoy ’23
SDNeurosurgery
San Diego
Scholar: Tess McGrinder ’23
Tesla
Fremont
Scholar: Charlie Hirsch ’23
Wasserman
Los Angeles, California
Scholar: Chris Holliday ’24
Colorado
Colorado Kidney Care
Aurora
Scholar: Mable Miao ’23
Georgia
Bain and Company
Atlanta
Scholar: Grayson Sword ’23
Boston Consulting Group
Atlanta
Scholar: Roli Enonuya ’23
CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Atlanta
Scholars: Tylah Harrison ’23 and Ananya Tadikonda ’23
Daymaker
Atlanta
Scholar: Kate Carroll ’23
Prophet
Atlanta
Scholar: McKenzie Martin ’23
Maryland
Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville
Scholar: Kartik Tyagi ’23
Massachusetts
Puma
Somerville
Scholar: Jordan Feldman ’23
Montana
Black Dog Farm
Livingston
Scholar: MaKenna McGough ’23
JG Research and Evaluation
Bozeman
Scholars: Charlotte Dorn ’22 and Emmaus Holder ’23
New York
Ameon Skincare
New York
Scholar: Grace Berry ’24
Bank of America
New York
Scholar: Mark Dillon ’23
Green Top Farms
New York
Scholar: Milena Jojic ’24
McKinsey and Company
New York
Scholar: Jaida Jett ’24
New York Times; Dow Jones News Fund
New York
Scholar: Clay Morris ’23
Uppercase Brands
New York
Scholar: JCAe Hawkins ’23
North Carolina
Community Empowerment Fund
Chapel Hill
Scholars: Shuhud Mustafa ’24 and Simon Palmore ’23
Green Places
Raleigh
Scholar: Harrison Pumphrey ’23 and Bri Thompson ’22
Hometown Strong
Raleigh
Scholar: Annabelle Fisher ’24
Intuitive Surgical
Raleigh
Scholar: Michael Alcorn ’23
Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
Surf City
Scholar: Michael Dorgan ’22
Lenovo
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Anna Pickens ’23
NC Prison Education Collective
Charlotte
Scholar: Zoe Conner ’23
Pielak Research Group
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Ruta Petrikis ’24
Refugee Community Partnership
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Helena Walsh ’24
Southern Futures
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Ivana Devine ’22
UNC Health
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Hayden Vaughn ’23
Pennsylvania
12Plus
Philadelphia
Scholar: Makayla Key ’24
Texas
Breakthrough Collaborative
Austin
Scholar: Kate Stukenborg ’24
McKinsey
Dallas
Scholar: Ethan Phillips ’23
Utah
Mercato Partners
Salt Lake City
Scholar: Selina Shi ’23
Pluralsight
Draper
Scholar: Andrew Buchanan ’23
Virginia
Motley Fool Foundation
Alexandria
Scholar: Evelyn Dalton ’24
Washington
Amazon
Seattle
Scholar: Naomi Burns ’23
Microsoft
Seattle
Scholar: Junead Khan ’23
Washington, D.C.
American Beverage Association
Scholar: Emerson Houser ’24
Center for Native American Youth
Scholar: Zianne Richardson ’23
Community of Hope
Scholar: Olivia Hoynes ’22
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Scholar: Karina Vasudeva ’24
Finsbury Glover Hering
Scholar: Fleet Wilson ’23
Kinetic Ventures
Scholar: Webster Woltersdorf ’23
National Institute Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Scholar: Ashton Rierson ’24
National Institutes of Health
Scholar: Jenny Te Vazquez ’22
Rebellion Defense
Scholar: Jack Dewey ’23
Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Office
Scholar: Eleanor Christianson ’23
The World Bank Group
Scholar: Carolina Coch ’23