Hello everyone! It has now been over a year since I completed my internship with the Napa Sierra Club, and I hope that everyone is doing well!

Last summer, I moved to Berkeley and started my college journey with a summer session that is designated for incoming Freshmen at UC Berkeley called Summer Bridge. It was an amazing experience that allowed me to make some friends and adjust to a new environment prior to starting my first year. During the fall semester, I took some very interesting classes. My favorite courses were Introduction to Environmental Design, Designing Sustainability, and Environmental Science for Sustainable Development. These classes allowed me to discover my passion for environmental design, and as a result, I have switched majors. Last time I shared what my major was, it was an intended Environmental Economics and Policy major. Now, I have switched from the College of Letters & Science into the College of Environmental Design within the university and declared Landscape Architecture as my major. This semester I am taking my first landscape architecture studio course and am enjoying my other classes! 

Apart from academics, I have also joined some clubs and participated in an internship during my winter break. Some of the clubs I joined are related to my major, but one that isn’t is called Caravan Travel & Style Magazine for which I am one of the photographers. During the winter break, I interned with Lou Penning Landscapes, Inc. in Napa, and really enjoyed my time with them! I am very grateful for the skills I gained and what I have learned during my internship!

Overall, I am really enjoying my time here in Berkeley, exploring my interests, working toward my goals, trying out new activities, and finding community. I find what I am studying to be very interesting and am very happy to have switched into the College of Environmental Design. There is so much that I want to do, and that reminds me a lot of the time when I interned with the Napa Sierra Club! And just as I did then, I fully intend to do as much as possible with my time now, and similarly, I am forever grateful for the opportunities that I was given during my internship with the Napa Sierra Club. Thank you!