Get to know the 2016 BLUE Summer Interns
Upon selecting the 2016 summer interns, the staff at BLUE thought it would be best to ask quirky yet meaningful questions that would allow the vibrant personalities of each of the interns to shine. Take a look at their responses!
ALEXA JAUREGUI - 19
What would be the title of your autobiography?
Me, Myself, and I
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
The smiles on the faces of the children when they played in the nearby river
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
Start a non-profit organization for either women or children’s education
Who has influenced you the most?
My grandmother, Abi
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
Dominican Republic
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Go backpacking across Europe, go skydiving, run a marathon, live in New York City, and learn a third and fourth language
ARIANA RUBIO - 19
What would be the title of your autobiography?
It’s a Good Life
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
When we visited a Haitian family during my first trip and they got really excited about being able to see themselves on the camera app of our phones. They took pictures and everyone/ everything and couldn't stop laughing and giggling about it.
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
Get into/graduate from law school
Who has influenced you the most?
My mother
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
Capri, Italy
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Graduate from college, dedicate at least 1 whole year to service, find a job that I love, have kids, skyjump from the Macau Tower
DANIELLA CONSUEGRA - 20
What would be the title of your autobiography?
Testament of a Dreamer
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
So far, it's been learning how to play Dominican dominoes with the team. It's not as hard as it looks.
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
My goal in life is to be happy, genuinely and consistently. Happiness is worth so much so to be able to put a smile on my face regardless of where life takes me I’d be accomplishing so much.
Who has influenced you the most?
My parents for sure, they have such selfless hearts
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
New Orleans, everyone there is just so carefree
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Run a full marathon, go big or go home, Skydive off the coast of California and off the Swiss Alps, Road Trip throughout the United States, Learn a third language (being a trilingual sounds pretty neat), Experience winter: see snow fall, go skiing, snowboard, all that jazz
GABRIELLA PRIETO - 21
What would be the title of your autobiography?
The Great Gabby
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
Each trip is unique, but if I had to pick one it would be Ana Carolina and I exchanging pendants on the last day of my first trip after she told me how much I meant to her and how happy we made the campesinos
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
Visit all 7 continents… multiple times (:
Who has influenced you the most?
My mother (Momma Viv)
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
New York City
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Live abroad, have a speaking role in a movie/show/music video, travel… lots of traveling, start a fam(ily), own a bar with my best friend, own a classic car like a 1970 Cadillac De Ville
JAVI GUERRERO - 19
What would be the title of your autobiography?
The Adventures of Javi Guerrero
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
Becoming best friends with my brother Edwandy on my first BLUE trip
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
I’d like to one day engineer my own aqueduct or latrine projects with BLUE
Who has influenced you the most?
My father
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
Bimini, Bahamas
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Sail around the world, cage dive with sharks, zip-line in the rainforests, travel to the Galapagos Islands, go to Africa
MATT AGUIRRE - 19
What would be the title of your autobiography?
Call Me Max
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
Siestas and after dinner conversations
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
Make a name for myself
Who has influenced you the most?
My sister Nicole
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
South Africa
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
See the Panthers at the Stanley Cup Playoffs, go skydiving, have a big family, see the Northern Lights, and ride an ostrich
SOFIA RUIZ-CASTANEDA - 20
What would be the title of your autobiography?
That's What She Said, The autobiography of RC
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
After a difficult hike in Clavijo Arriba carrying pipes up a mountain side, the group sat at the top of the mountain. We didn't say much, we just looked out at the view. In the silence there I felt the true BLUE kind of love.
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
I hope to someday serve my community as a doctor, donating my time to a clinic for the underserved.
Who has influenced you the most?
My parents
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
New Orleans
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Learn Portuguese, visit Brazil during Carnaval, see snow, do the Camino de Compostela, experience zero gravity
ALE SANCHEZ - 19
What would be the title of your autobiography?
Too Much Coffee, Not Enough Time
What’s your favorite BLUE trip memory?
Jumping off rocks into the river on my first trip
What is one goal you would like to accomplish in your lifetime?
Graduating from law school
Who has influenced you the most?
My mom
What is your favorite place that you have visited?
San Francisco
Top 5 items on your bucket list?
Speak 4 languages, visit every state, learn to surf, have a home library, spend some time as a vegetarian