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 2022–2023, eighty scholars spent their Professional Experience summers in twenty-five U. S. cities and seventeen countries around the world. Learn more about their experiences below.

International Professional Experience Placements

Canada

Atlas Partners

Toronto, Ontario

Scholar: William Dahl ’25

Middle Cove Capital

Toronto, Ontario

Scholar: Matthew Deo ’24

 

Georgia

American Councils OPIT Program

Tbilisi

Scholar: Helena Walsh ’25

SEAF

Tbilisi

Scholar: Roariker Swenson ’25

 

Germany

Perspectives Climate Group

Freiburg

Scholar: Murphy Fisher ’25

 

Grenada

Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Saint George’s University

St. George’s

Scholar: Emile Charles ’24

 

Indonesia

American Chamber of Commerce

Jakarta

Scholars: Ray Palma ’23 and Aryan Talati ’23

Jamaica

SEAF

Kingston

Scholar: Tucker Stillman ’25

Jordan

Abraham Path Initiative (API)

Scholar: Asher Wexler ’25

 

Luxembourg

Theoretical Chemical Physics (TCP) Group at the University of Luxembourg (UL)

Luxembourg City

Scholar: Jasmine Elmrabti ’25

 

Malawi

UNC Project Malawi

Lilongwe

Scholar: Meagan Harrington ’23

 

Mongolia

American Chamber of Commerce

Ulaanbaatar

Scholars: Ray Palma ’23 and Aryan Talati ’23

 

Morocco

SEAF (EmergingTech Ventures)

Casablanca

Scholar: Emma-Katherine Bowers ’24

Norway

Tango Seaweed

Sande Kommune

Scholar: Julian Goldner ’24

 

Peru

UNC Department of Neurology

Scholar: Laura Saavedra Forero ’25

 

Senegal

Trust Africa

Dakar

Scholar: Senam Adedze ’24

 

South Africa

M-KOPA

Johannesburg

Scholar: Lwazi Bululu ’24

 

Switzerland

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Geneva

Scholar: Sebastian Mateu ’24

 

United Kingdom

Generation Investment Management

London, England

Scholar: Michael Zhang ’25

Welded Tandem Picture Company

Manchester, England

Scholar: Uredoojo Agada ’25

National Professional Experience Placements

California

Becoming Better Together

Scholar: Taylor Molina ’25

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Menlo Park

Scholar: Emily Schmidt ’25

NASA

Mountain View

Scholar: Pranav Krishnan ’25

OneMedical

San Francisco

Scholar: Caroline Furrier ’24

San Diego Neurosurgery

San Diego

Scholar: Eleanor Hummel ’25

Sephora

San Francisco

Scholar: Kayden Hunt ’24

True Ventures

Los Angeles

Scholar: Soul Dayan ’24

Zipline

San Francisco

Scholar: Evan Berkowitch ’24 and Nina Fisher ’24

 

Delaware

Delaware State Parks

Wilmington

Scholar: Liam Furlong ’25

 

Georgia

Bain & Co.

Atlanta

Scholar: Brandon Torng ’24

Bayuk Pratt, LLC

Atlanta

Scholar: Greear Webb ’23

Boston Consulting Group

Atlanta

Scholar: Jonathan Osborne ’24

Insight Sourcing Group

Atlanta

Scholar: Ryan Jensen ’24

 

Hawaii

Make-A-Wish

Honolulu

Scholar: Sarah Prosser ’24

 

Maryland

ASB Real Estate Investments

Bethesda

Scholar: Richard Okoro ’24

Bengur Bryan & Co

Baltimore

Scholar: Ryan Jensen ’24

 

Massachusetts

Berenson-Allen Center, Harvard Medical School

Boston

Scholar: Siena Rodrigues ’25

Peruzzi Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston

Scholar: Maya Groff ’24

New Mexico

Turner Carroll Gallery

Santa Fe

Scholar: Emily Smither ’24

 

New York

Blackstone

New York City

Scholar: Carson Moore ’24

City of New York Urban Food Policy Institute (CUFPI)

New York City

Scholar: Eugenia Chow ’24

Columbia University, Department of Narrative Medicine

New York City

Scholar: Miranda Almy ’23

Goldman Sachs

New York City

Scholar: Vivian Deng ’24

Grant Thornton

New York City

Scholar: Olivia Pitt ’24

Harney and Sons Fine Tea

Millerton

Scholar: Andrea Cornel ’24

Hunting Lane Films

New York City

Scholar: Sophie Cho ’23

IEX Group

New York City

Scholar: Morgan Davies ’24

LaForce

New York City

Scholar: Sadie Cheston-Harris ’24

Lockton Companies

New York City

Scholar: Kelly Ray ’24

Marwood Group

New York City

Scholar: Garnett Nelson ’24

NBC Universal/CNBC Select

New York City

Scholar: Ira Wilder ’24

Pave Power

New York City

Scholar: Megan Lienau ’23

ReadWorks

New York City

Scholar: Heidi Alkoutami ’24

recycleReality

New York City

Scholar: Jonathan Huang ’24

Smile Design Manhattan

New York City

Scholar: Urael Mussie ’24

W.W. Norton and Green Top Farms

New York City

Scholar: Michael O’Brien ’24

North Carolina

The Assembly

Durham

Scholar: Christiana Wayne ’23

Carolina Football

Chapel Hill

Scholar: Zoey Locklear ’25

The Center for Civil Rights at UNC Law School

Chapel Hill

Scholar: Jared Pittman ’24

Department of Juvenile Justice of North Carolina and Juvenile Court Services

Durham and Raleigh

Scholar: Daughtry Williams ’24

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Summer Camp

Chapel Hill

Scholar: Symone Welch ’24

The Raleigh News & Observer

Raleigh

Scholar: Anna Conners ’24

TrackX Technologies

Hillsborough

Scholar: Kabir Dewan ’25

UNC Department of Music

Chapel Hill

Scholars: Emmaus Holder ’23 and Junead Khan ’23

 

Pennsylvania

National Constitution Center

Philadelphia

Scholar: Justin Goldman ’25

 

Texas

Boston Consulting Group

Dallas

Scholar: Jack Goldsmith ’24, Alex Reid ’24, and Jackson Stone ’24

Breakthrough Collaborative

Austin

Scholar: Lindley Andrew ’24

 

Virginia

Amazon Web Services

Herndon

Scholar: Luis Sanchez ’24

Give Solar Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg

Scholar: Katy Waddell ’24

 

Washington

Microsoft

Redmond

Scholar: Kenechukwu Ochuba ’25

 

Washington, D.C.

Brookings Institution

Scholar: Quintin Gay ’25

German Marshall Fund

Scholar: Willow Chiang Yang ’25

McKinsey & Company

Scholar: Hunter Vaughan ’24

Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

Scholar: Patrice McGloin ’24

Tandem Sports and Entertainment

Scholar: Kendall Leigh ’25

 

Wyoming

WyoFile

Lander

Scholar: Lia Salvatierra ’24