Mabel Ng served as World Hunger Education Service (WHES) intern during Spring, 2004 three days per week, while living and studying at the University of California center in Washington, D.C., receiving excellent exposure to the nation's capital. Prior to this internship during her senior year in college, she worked in the UC-Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences collaborative regional development internship with Peace Corps in Panama during Summer, 2003. While there, she explored impacts of conservation and economic and agricultural development on the people of Panama, and their landscape and natural resources.
During her Washington internship, Ng attended meetings locally with Lane Vanderslice of WHES, and with representatives of other organizations involved in hunger policy, including RESULTS. Her personal focus was on the connection between AIDS and hunger, and specifically, orphaned children whose situation is the result of this disease.
Ng concluded her internship in March, 2004. She graduated in June, 2004 from the University of California-Davis with a Bachelor of Science in International Agricultural Development, with an emphasis on Community Development. Ng says she plans to improve her language skills in Mandarin during Summer, 2004 while in China teaching English.
See Ms. Ng's article on RESULTS, at: RESULTS .
Paula Smith-Vanderslice, B.S., is copy editor for WHES.