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YAP-WEEK 3


San Diego History Center-Daniella-Week 3

First of all, this week has flew by! The internship as a whole has gone really quick and I'm glad I was given this opportunity to learn about topics that I would have never express an interest on my own. On Monday and Tuesday I worked at the Summer camp, as the previous week. The thing that changed were the kids, it was a new classroom than last week. So, the whole summer team camp and I worked to familiarize ourselves with the kids, did activities such as board games, fun facts, visited museums, puppy shows and had time to explore Balboa park. Not only did the kids learns new information about San Diego, I learned so much in so little time. One of the most interesting things I learned was about Kate Sessions, she was the first women to graduate from Berkeley. (The college I will be attending in the fall) and she helped create a recreational park in San Diego. She planed trees, flowers and made the city a beautiful place. 

 

On Wednesday and Thursday I worked all day on my final project about Chicano Park a place in San Diego where it's  full of murals done by artists that belong to the Chicano community. There is a lot of history behind the park as people, young and old had to unite and fight for the land in order to preserve it as a park. It's really cool to learn new things about my hometown, I love going home and telling my siblings or parents about it and even more exciting when I'm the one working on the project doing research. I'll  share a picture when I'm done with the project next week. 

On Friday, as right now I'm in summer camp helping out with kids from kindergarten to fourth grade and I really enjoy it. It's the last day of camp of this group of kids and it's kind of sad cause I got used to them but I'm happy we got to learned together this week. 



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  1. Rebeca VenturaJuly 30, 2024 at 12:09 PM

    I researched a little bit about Chicano Park for my own project as well! It looks super cool and I would love to visit one day.

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