The National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science
My internship was completed at the office of the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science. The mission statement of IWITTS is; "IWITTS helps educators nationwide close the gender gap for women and girls in male-dominated careers, such as technology, the trades and law enforcement.We also have worked in-depth with law enforcement agencies and other employers to assist them with integrating women successfully into their workplaces." Executive Director, Donna Milgram was my supervisor as well as Christine Lecasa, the office manager.
My duties included but were not limited to; faxing, copying, mailing checks, making excel spreadsheets, making name tags, making certificates, shipping boxes, researching amtrak ticket prices, ordering office supplies online, creating filing cabinet labels, constructing binders of evaluation instruments, fixing thermostats, sifting through soft copies, creating word documents, installing software and so much more.