HOLA’s 2012 Summer Interns Sherley Cordova Sherley is an HOLA alumnus (2010) and wanted to come back to HOLA for the summer. She works on the front desk, answers phone calls, and is welcoming to the staff, students, and parents. She also helps students have a smooth transition to the lunch/camp. Sherley is a Junior at UC Santa Cruz and is studying Combined Latin American Studies and Sociology. She is really into classic rock, and music in general, and enjoys researching different bands, sounds, and musical cultures. She also really likes dancing, and the occasional soccer game. Evelyn Cordoba Evelyn is interning with the HOLA Athletics program this summer. She heard of HOLA through word of mouth at her high school and wanted to find out more. Evelyn will be attending Goucher College in Baltimore this fall as an incoming psychology major. She enjoys reading comedic memoirs and some of her favorite authors are Jenny McCarthy, Augusten Burroughs, and Justin Halpern. She enjoys riding her bike in search of local art and loves to try new things.
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HOLA’s 2012 Summer Interns
Sherley Cordova
Sherley is an HOLA alumnus (2010) and
wanted to come back to HOLA for the
summer. She works on the front desk,
answers phone calls, and is welcoming to the
staff, students, and parents. She also helps
students have a smooth transition to the
lunch/camp.
Sherley is a Junior at UC Santa Cruz and is
studying Combined Latin American Studies
and Sociology. She is really into classic rock,
and music in general, and enjoys researching
different bands, sounds, and musical cultures.
She also really likes dancing, and the
occasional soccer game.
Evelyn Cordoba
Evelyn is interning with the HOLA Athletics
program this summer. She heard of HOLA
through word of mouth at her high school and
wanted to find out more.
Evelyn will be attending Goucher College in
Baltimore this fall as an incoming psychology
major. She enjoys reading comedic memoirs
and some of her favorite authors are Jenny
McCarthy, Augusten Burroughs, and Justin
Halpern. She enjoys riding her bike in search
of local art and loves to try new things.
Rudy Torres
Rudy is interning with HOLA’s Bridges
program. Last summer Rudy interned with
YOLA and thoroughly enjoyed his experience
working with the students.
Rudy is a recent graduate from James A.
Garfield High School in East L.A. He will be
attending Brown University in Rhode Island
beginning next fall. He enjoys community
service because it is both a humbling and
rewarding experience.
Nick Kernalyan
Nick is interning as a blogger for the Visual
Arts Program at HOLA this summer. This
involves documenting the classes on a Tumblr
blog.
Nick is a senior English major at Loyola
Marymount University and is hoping to obtain
a journalism certificate in addition to his
bachelors. He has a passion for baseball,
snowboarding, and journalism, working on
both the writing and editorial teams at two
student run publications.
Alexandra Rosella
Alexandra is a ROPE alumnus and found out
about an internship during her class.
Coincidentally she was placed as an intern
with Bridges at HOLA over the summer. She is
interning with Bridges during the summer.
Alexandra is a senior at Hollywood High
School. Her father is Argentinian and her
mother is Peruvian. She has been to both
places and loves visiting very much. She hopes
to major in neuroscience in college and
become a doctor one day.
Mercedes Conley
Mercedes is interning with HOLA’s SmartStart
program. She took HOLA’s SAT class in 11th
grade and is now taking the college prep class.
Mercedes attends Hollywood High School.
Interning at HOLA has revealed a love of
working with young children. She also loves
animals and hopes to become a veterinarian
or work with animals. Her favorite instrument
is the bass guitar and she can play
(somewhat!).
Paris Coleman
Paris is interning at HOLA’s athletic program
this summer. A friend’s mother recommended
HOLA to her and she really liked HOLA’s
mission to help the community.
Paris will be a senior at Georgetown University
beginning in the fall. She is a psychology
major. She enjoys volleyball and played for ten
years.
Liliana Rubio
Liliana is an intern with HOLA’s SmartStart
program. She enjoys working with the young
children. She heard about HOLA through a
friend at school.
Liliana attends California State University of
Los Angeles and majors in Child Development.
She has a strong belief that as a team we can
help children grow and that we can all learn
from one another.
Kymberli Miles-Lawson
Kymberli really wanted to volunteer with
children over the summer and found out
about HOLA online. She is interning with
YOLA.
Kymberli attends Grambling State University
and is studying Mass Communication.
Fiona Galloway
Fiona is interning with HOLA’s volunteer
department. She helps out with any
administrative work needed. She heard about
HOLA through a friend whose son attended
HOLA and loved it.
Fiona was born in Australia and decided to
move to the U.S. to do some study. She is
attending Los Angeles City College and is
majoring in philosophy. She enjoys traveling
and has ridden her bicycle over much of LA.
Miyuki Gomez
Mikyuki is interning with YOLA at HOLA and
communications during the summer.
Miyuki is a second year Anthropology major at
San Francisco State University. She is active on
campus and is a frequent volunteer with local
community events and organizations. She
enjoys punk music and is a freelance writer for
an online punk magazine.
Victor Chavez
Victor is an HOLA alumnus and was interested
in volunteering so he could give back to his
community, which has helped him get through
college. He enjoys working at HOLA and
helping the middle school students’ transition
through this time with ease. He is interning
with Bridges.
Victor attends the University of Redlands in
San Bernardino County. He wants to become a
high school teacher when he finishes
university and aims to one day be a professor.
Yessenia Tostado
Yessenia is interning with HOLA’s SmartStart
program where she is a teacher’s assistant.
She found out about HOLA last summer when
a friend invited her to volunteer.
Yessenia graduated from James A. Garfield
High School in June. Starting Fall, she will be
moving to Pennsylvania and attending
Dickinson College. She hopes to earn a degree
in psychology, business, education, or law. She
is looking forward to starting college and
hopes to study abroad in Australia and Africa.
Yessenia enjoys the out-of-doors and likes to
hike, bike, swim and play sports. After college
she hopes to work with a non – profit like
HOLA, or even start one of her own.
Camila Sobral
Camila is interning in HOLA’s Visual Arts
department. She helps out in the various
classes are held and works particularly closely
with the Public Art Class. She has been
photographing the process which will lead to
‘We Are Talking Pyramids’, the public event at
McArthur Park on August 12.
Camila attends Bard College in upstate New
York where she is a Film major. Her parents
just recently moved to Los Angeles and she
has enjoyed getting to know this part of the
city through field trips. She enjoys being out of
doors and is part of a roller derby team at
Bard College. Camila speaks four languages.
Dianne Quiroz Dianne is interning in HOLA’s Visual Arts