Background

I have been part of AIESEC for 3.5 years now and I had the time of my life. Working with different but GREAT teams; networking and meeting tons of new people; developing great friendships; sending people abroad; laughing, crying and gossiping about everything and anything; losing my voice REPEATEDLY during conferences; facilitating during a conference; experiencing many things I didn't before; and most of all, learning and growing from the whole experience. I am a HUGE fan of this organization and I will be until the end of my life, I hope (future execs: read $$$$!). I always say that it helped me become the person I should be!

Anyways, this being said, I have had many working experiences and taken MANY classes during the last 17 years of my life in the Canadian/Quebecer education system. (Crazy how time flies!) And most of you know that I am an avid recycler, which also translates into wanting to create a more sustainable environment for the future. My bro calls me a tree hugger.....I guess that sums it up! Just recently have I realized that I am ROYALLY fed up of the corporate world! I DO NOT want to live to exploit our resources to increase the wealth of shareholders. I am more concerned by the fact that our planet is heading towards a path it shouldn't!

So, now that you know where I come from, you will understand why I am making certain choices! I decided to apply to the Global Internship Program offered by AIESEC. I applied for a development internship. The beauty is that I accumulated exchange knowledge during 3.5 years and that I am now using it to ship myself abroad (hehehe!). The whole summer I was looking for an intership and October 20th, I found one. A GREAT job but the application was due on October 30th. The problem was that the Assessment Center and Review Board to become a SN (person that will go abroad- Student Nominee) was on November 5th. PD and her team were kind enough to give me more time to hand in my application, THANKS!!!! Although not knowing if I will be an SN, I worked hard on all the parts needed for my application.

Then came November 5th. After the assessment center, I EXACTLY knew what my weakpoints were and what I could improve on. BUT,I prepared my interview meticulously. (Funny how I am still nervous for these things even when I know everyone and what to do!) And I feel like I aced it....Thanks to MMCC, I was able to ask myself the questions the interviewers could ask me. To sum it up, I am now a SN and my ID is SN-Yo-CA-MG-2005-1222. Yup...that is me :P

November 10th was my deadline and I was able to have everything ready way before! (Thanks for everyone's help! :) So I send it off! One thing I want to learn is to become patient during my internship since I tend not to be sometimes!!!! So, I was stressed the whole time since I reserved a ticket and needed to confirm by the 16th. I finally sent an e-mail and I was told that I will now next week (week of November 21st) if I am selected! At the e-mail had a positive note! :)

Anyways, this is where I stand right now in terms of AIESEC and my internship.
Wish me luck! :)

Take care and lotsa love,
xoxox