Stories

STEP-UP Achieve intern Nakrumah and his supervisor

Small But Crucial Steps

Nakrumah
STEP-UP Achieve Intern at Boston Scientific

Nakrumah’s work at Boston Scientific helped him explore possible careers in business or marketing.

Hashim Yonis, STEP-UP Achieve Alumnus

Education is Something No One Can Take From You

Hashim Yonis
STEP-UP Achieve Alumnus

“My family left everything behind when we left Somalia. But education is something no one can take away from you.”

STEP-UP Achieve intern Nancy

Bringing Teamwork To Life

Nancy
STEP-UP Achieve Intern at U of MN Medical Center, Fairview

STEP-UP Achieve helped Nancy take her first steps toward a nursing career.

STEP-UP Achieve intern May and Regions employees

Not Afraid To Jump In

May
STEP-UP Achieve intern at Regions Hospital

As a STEP-UP Achieve intern at Regions Hospital, May visited with patients and even helped with a hand-washing audit for medical staff.

STEP-UP Achieve intern Terron

More Than Just A Summer Job

Terron
STEP-UP Achieve intern at U.S. Bank

Terron credits his three summers as a STEP-UP Achieve intern at U.S. Bank headquarters for helping him take the next steps in his education and career plans.

 

STEP-UP Achieve interns working at Thrivent Financial

A Huge Win For Our Department

Deb Greising
STEP-UP Achieve Supervisor at Thrivent Financial

Experienced STEP-UP Achieve Supervisor Deb always requests interns interested in technology.  She makes sure they get exposure to the whole field of IT during the summer.

Yassin, Maruf and Marco

Dedication and Commitment Come Full Circle

Thomas Monjeau
STEP-UP Achieve Supervisor at Hennepin County

Three of Tom’s former STEP-UP Achieve interns are now employed by his office, including two permanent full-time employees. Tom has been supervising STEP-UP Achieve interns since 2005.

Maruf and Tom

Summer Intern to Permanent Employee

Maruf
STEP-UP Achieve Alumnus and Hennepin County Employee

As a new STEP-UP Achieve intern at Hennepin County, Maruf never imagined that he would one day have a permanent job there.  Five years later, he has a permanent position in the department he interned for in STEP-UP Achieve.

STEP-UP Achieve alum, Evan

From STEP-UP Achieve to Google

Evan
Analytical Lead, Elections and Issue Advocacy, Google

Evan participated in the second class of STEP-UP Achieve in 2005.  After his summer with STEP-UP Achieve, he graduated from Carleton College and currently works for Google in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He credits the program with helping get him to where he is today.