My American Internship: Andile M. of South Africa
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Our "My American Internship" series features CIEE BridgeUSA participants who submitted entries to our photo essay contest. Andile M. of South Africa served as a cook at Montage Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.
I can simply say I have lived my dream, which was to travel to the United States of America. Through my internship, I managed to travel to the States – and the experience was out of this world.
The experience I've gained in my field was amazing. I managed to get my current job with that experience, and I gained so much confidence with my work through the American internship.
I will forever be grateful for that opportunity. It was indeed a life-changing opportunity career-wise and life in general. (I have lived, I loved, and I have travelled in my life!)
Seeing Hollywood and experiencing snow brought me mixed emotions, because I used to see it on TV and wanted to experience it one day. And that one day did come, through my American internship.