{"id":316,"date":"2021-07-13T14:11:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=316"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:21:19","slug":"juntos-left-an-impact-on-me-now-im-an-osu-extension-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/07\/13\/juntos-left-an-impact-on-me-now-im-an-osu-extension-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Juntos left an impact on me, now I’m an OSU Extension intern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Crystal Hernandez, and I am a student intern for the OSU Extension office in\u00a0Tillamook County. I am from Tillamook,\u00a0where I spend my free time jogging around town, playing soccer, or getting ready for college. I recently graduated from Tillamook High\u00a0School and will be\u00a0enrolled in both\u00a0Oregon State University and Linn-Benton Community College\u00a0this fall. I am undecided as to what I want to pursue but I have always been interested in the medical field.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I love spending time with my family but getting our schedules to line up has become a challenge because of our jobs. My parents have taught me the value of working for what you have and are a great example of it by working long hours,\u00a0five\u00a0to\u00a0six\u00a0days a week. Seeing how they work to\u00a0provide\u00a0a better opportunity\u00a0for\u00a0my\u00a0brother\u00a0and I\u00a0has made me appreciate the position that I am in and motivated me to work harder.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am excited for this internship position especially because OSU Extension Service has already had an impact in my life. I was part of\u00a0the\u00a0Juntos\u00a0program\u00a0in sixth grade,\u00a0and my brother was in high school, when\u00a0my parents were able to become informed about the process of going to\u00a0a\u00a0university. I remember visiting the OSU campus\u00a0in Corvallis\u00a0where I got to learn about student life and thought about how far\u00a0away\u00a0I was from\u00a0the day I\u2019d go\u00a0to college. I then joined Juntos once again my senior year of high school and was able to fully grasp the purpose of the club. Our main focus was our identity project that we then presented to the Tillamook County commissioners. I thought about what being Latina meant to me for the first time and continued to learn about my culture.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now as an intern I get to work under the supervision of Megan Deane McKenna, Dusti Linnell, and work closely with\u00a0Juntos\u00a0coordinator\u00a0Natalie Macias. I will help prepare for the Juntos Afuera camp and plan family nights for Spanish speakers in the county. I will lead activities in the camp as well as create social media posts. During my internship I will also explore different career opportunities and join Dusti in health-related meetings. I am excited to learn how extension has impacted our communities and\u00a0have the opportunity to\u00a0plan activities\u00a0in\u00a0the Juntos Afuera camp.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello!\u00a0 My name is Crystal Hernandez, and I am a student intern for the OSU Extension office in\u00a0Tillamook County. I am from Tillamook,\u00a0where I spend my free time jogging around town, playing soccer, or getting ready for college. I recently graduated from Tillamook High\u00a0School and will be\u00a0enrolled in both\u00a0Oregon State University and Linn-Benton Community College\u00a0this… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,85,17,16],"tags":[81,86,87,25],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-juntos","category-open-campus","category-oregon-coast","category-tillamook-county","tag-crystal-hernandez","tag-juntos","tag-open-campus","tag-tillamook-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}