Past interns

Shweta Karikehalli - 2018 Saint Lawrence River Intern

Shweta currently lives in Syracuse, New York where she's wrapping up her graduate studies in magazine, newspaper and online journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She's worked at The Daily Orange, SU's independent, student-run newspaper, where she's been able to cover important campus issues as well as issues that affect the greater Syracuse area. Before that, Shweta lived on Tybee Island, Georgia where she taught marine biology and environmental science to school groups. Shweta has a B.S. in conservation biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and she's passionate about reporting on environmental and science issues in engaging and understandable ways. Her dream job would be to work at a publication where she can help bridge the gap between science and the public, and she's also interested in international, cultural and education reporting. In her spare time, Shweta loves reading, climbing trees, exploring new places and learning new things. 

Lysandra Marquez - 2018 Lower Colorado River Intern

Lysandra Marquez lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and is a recent graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she got her Masters in Journalism and specialized in covering the Borderlands beat.  She also holds a B.A. in Psychology from Arizona State University, and is bilingual, fluent in Spanish and English.

During her time at the Cronkite School, Lysandra worked on video segments regarding the first-ever vaccine for bees, and anchored for the award-winning student led newscast, Cronkite News. She also traveled to Israel to report on water technology in agriculture, and also Queretaro, Mexico to speak to leading officials about the growing development of the aeronautic sector.

Lysandra is actively seeking opportunities and wants to focus on environmental and social justice issues, but is open to covering a diverse list of beats as well. Her long term goal is to become an international correspondent somewhere in South America. When not writing, Lysandra enjoys spending time with her unruly Alaskan husky, Jolene, and listening to medleys of Led Zeppelin (a little too loudly, if you ask her neighbors).