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 Why our Internship connection programs are unique:

Our counselors posses graduate degrees in counseling or education and have work experience and contacts in a wide variety of fields. They meet with each student individually, provide academic and career counseling, and match the student to a mentor in the student’s chosen field. Counselors stay in contact with the student and mentor, supervising throughout the entire process.
   
Programs are cost-effective because students are able to live at home or at college. Students can combine an internship with part-time work or academic study, creating a flexible schedule that meets their needs.  
   
Our programs are educational because students learn the skills required when applying to jobs: how to create a resume, cover letter and interview for the work place. While we actually establish the internship, the student learns each step of the process.
   
Students receive Letters of Recommendation from workplace mentors that can be included in both college and job applications.  We make suggestions to mentors about the kind of content to include in recommendations, emphasizing the student's academic interests and how they relate to the internship.


 Founder / Director, Carole Jabbawy, Ed.D.

Dr. Jabbawy’s career in education spans more than 30 years. She began her teaching career as a middle school and high school teacher, earning a Doctorate in Education from Boston University. More recently she has held both administrative and teaching appointments at Tufts, The Museum School and Lesley University, training and supervising classroom teachers, and advising students about career opportunities.

Leading workshops for teachers and parents, she focuses on bringing out the unique strengths and talents of each child. She is an educational consultant to museums with respect to museum/school collaborations and to businesses relating to the development and implementation of on-site internship programs for high school and college students.

Dr. Jabbawy is active in the Boston community. She has served on the boards of The Massachusetts Art Education Association, the Massachusetts Art Directors Association, the Leventhal Sidman Jewish Community Center, and the Parents Fund Committee of Cornell University.

Personal Experiences Led Me to Create
the Internship Connection

"As a parent, I learned the importance of encouraging each of my children to explore and develop his own strengths and talents. Once in high school, I helped them secure internships relating to their academic and career interests. Through their experiences, they discovered on their own, the path and direction that they most enjoyed, enabling them to be more certain about career choice before committing to a tremendous investment of time and money. Each had very different interests, from computer animation, to medicine to engineering."

"When I saw how important their internships were for college, graduate school and beyond, I established the Internship Connection, in order to help more students learn about themselves through career exploration. It’s extremely rewarding to work with students to provide opportunities that have such an impact on their lives."

Carole Jabbawy, Ed.D.


Eileen Mandell, M.Ed.
Boston Counselor

 

Eileen is a professional educator, mother of three grown children and active on many community boards and organizations in the Boston area. With a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in secondary education from Columbia University, Eileen taught both middle school and high school mathematics for over ten years.

Eileen has many interests and professional contacts in a wide variety of fields.

She founded the Brookline Schools’ Creative Arts Council, which promotes arts enrichment education in the Brookline schools and served for five years on the Board of Young Audiences of Massachusetts, a nonprofit arts-in-education organization. She is currently president of the West Suburban Creative Arts Council.

While living in Japan Eileen became certified as an instructor in Japanese flower arranging (Ikenobo school), studied Japanese Tea Ceremony, Sumei painting, Aikido, and taught English conversation at a Japanese girl’s school. She has studied Landscape Design at Radcliff College.

Eileen and her husband, Dr Frederick Mandell and their children have been an integral part of the community for over thirty years.  “Each of us has had the opportunity to be a mentor. The value of a mentoring experience has left me a believer that  ‘mentoring’ can be a defining moment in a young person’s life and can make a difference upon what is to be. I always look forward to connecting students on their road to exploring career interests in the various fields.”   

 

Sonya Wilder, MS Ed.
Boston Counselor

 

Sonya‘s wide ranging professional expertise includes both college admissions and academic counseling. In her previous role as academic advisor at Northeastern University, she worked closely with staff in Northeastern’s internationally known Coop program.

Sonya holds a BA from Lehigh and a Masters Degree in School Counseling from Fordham University She has worked with high school and college students providing academic support regarding strategies for study skills and time management.

Sonya offers much to our program. While our students enjoy Sonya’s youthful and bubbly personality, parents appreciate her role as a professional and mother to three young children.

“My passion is working with high school students, helping them navigate through the college application process. Having worked in college admissions, I traveled around the country attending college fairs and meeting with high school students and their counselors. I’ve read countless college applications and helped students with their interviewing techniques. An internship that relates to a student’s career or academic interest is an invaluable asset and will be a distinguishing factor during the interview and college application process."


Judi Neal Pava, BA, SAG 
Boston Counselor

 

Judi is a married mother of three and a professional actor who has performed on television, stage and screen. She has appeared in Grease, The Departed, Happy Days, and numerous commercials. In the last year, her film work included: The Women, The Box, The Kevin James Movie, The Proposal, This Side of the Truth, Hachico, Surrogates and   the television series Brotherhood. Judi’s love for her profession is infectious to the many students she works with.  

Judi is member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Actors Equity Association. A music theory and composition major at the University of New Hampshire, Judi has held teaching and directing appointments in Boston and New York City. She has directed numerous musical theatre productions in both private and public school settings.

Judi has many contacts in television stage and film. We are very fortunate to have her as a resource and counselor in our program.

Ali Goldstein M.S.E. Candidate
New York City Counselor

 

Internship Connection is fortunate to have Ali as a counselor in New York City. With her outgoing and enthusiastic personality, professional experience in Human Resources and years of internships, Ali has much to offer the students in our program. Ali holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Miami and is currently pursing a Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling at Fordham University.

Ali’s professional resume includes Merrill Lynch in NYC where she was a Human Resource Analyst. She has had many experiences as an intern, spending every summer since 11th grade on internships in a variety of fields including Human Resources. Ali tells us that the internships provided her with an opportunity to learn more about herself and which fields she was especially interested in.

"It hasn't been that many years since I was a high school student myself, asking the same questions that you may be thinking about: How am I going to get into the college of my choice, what can I do to make myself stand out?" For me, the internships I experienced during so many summers led to the wonderful job I connected to right out of college. The contacts I made and the life experience I gained provided me with a unique perspective for someone my age. As a counselor in the Internship Connection program, I enjoy sharing my own tips and experience with students as they begin exploring careers."

Lauren Abrams, M.S.E. Candidate
New York City Counselor

 

Lauren offers a high degree of professional experience and counseling for our students. Currently a candidate at Fordham for a M.S.E. in Counseling and Personnel Services, Lauren graduated Phi Beta Kappa from U Michigan with a major in psychology.

Previously, Lauren worked in Human Resources at the law firm, Skadden Arps in NYC, where she assisted in recruiting attorneys. Past internships included CNN and the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. Lauren has volunteered for many causes including Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Humane Society and the Dyslexia Education Center.

"High School can be an especially critical time as students start to explore possible opportunities for their future. I recall my own high school experience as one filled with uncertainty and questioning as I began to try to identify my own professional interests. A structured internship program gives students the ability to try out different professions and identify personal strengths. I truly enjoy assisting students in their quest for valuable experiences that will eventually lead to establishing a stimulating and challenging career path." 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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