Former SECU Public Fellowship Interns
Video: Hear from former interns and site supervisors
2024 Interns
Veronica Almanza
A Time for Science
Jaliyah Armstrong
City of Goldsboro
Elayna Arthur
Hope Restorations
Heather Baker
AMEXCAN
Emily Bronson
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Brooklyn Buchanan
Heart for ENC
Emma Corbett
Washington County
Whitley Dockery
Martin-Pitt Partnership for Children
Sierra Durand
NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Joe Harris, Jr.
Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce
Angela Lamb
Wayne County Public Library
Mason Lane
Imagine Pamlico
Dayton Lynch
Martin County Economic Development
Wesley Manning
Eastern Carolina Vocational Center
Ilaria Noonan
NC Stop Human Trafficking
Abby Perez
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Tierney Reardon
Sound Rivers
Yanelis Romero
Building Hope
Michayla Ross
Restoration Weldon
Kayla Wenzel
Beaufort County Arts Council
2023 Interns
Alayna Boyer
Arts of the Pamlico
Ashton Burgess
Greenville Museum of Art
Hayden Clark
City of Goldsboro
Sydney Cook
NC Stop Human Trafficking
Katie Council
Beaufort County Economic Development
Dietrich Downing
NC Coastal Federation
Emily Findling
Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce
DaNisha Harris
Sound Rivers
Tanner Hayslette
Hope Restorations
Jennifer Heath
Ronald McDonald House of Eastern North Carolina
Jasmine Johnson
One Place
Braxton Kilby
Washington County Government
Victoria Koors
A Time for Science
Stephanie Lizardo
East Carolina Vocational Center
Brenna Miller
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Madison Perzel
Town of Grifton
Markell Rawls
Restoration Weldon
Alexandria Simpson
Choanoke Area Development Association
Tamia Slye
NC CIVIL
Emily Walden
NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island
2022 Interns
Cameron Brown
City of Goldsboro
Lindsay Cobb
Choanoke Area Development Association
Alex Edwards
Weldon in Action
Maddie Garrison
Sound Rivers – Washington
Taylor Gower
Project Momentum
Charlotte Grimes
NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Logan Harrison
Windsor-Bertie Chamber of Commerce
Emanuel Isaak
NC CIVIL
Riley Jakob
Town of Hertford
Ian Jethro
Lenoir County
Samuel Kesler
East Carolina Vocational Center
Kelly Lewis
Wayne County Public Library
Megan Long
Sound Rivers – New Bern
Abigail Martinez
Pocosin School of Fine Craft
Ivan Martinez-Santoyo
A Time for Science
Charlotte Mesmer
NC Coastal Federation
Jordan Smith
Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce
Constance Williams
The Blind Center
2021 Interns
Due to the novel coronavirus, students were not able to participate in in-person orientation.
- Tonishka Adams, Hope Restorations
- Marcus Alston, Windsor Bertie
- Darian Battle, Project Momentum
- Curtisia Canady, Blind Center
- Alessia Corsi, Interfaith Refugee
- Trysten Culler, NC Coastal Federation
- Noah Dove, Jones County
- Steven Hollingsworth, Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce
- Ronicia James, Village of Simpson
- Emma Kemp, NC Civil
- Collin Malpass, City of Goldsboro
- Breanna McKnight, Pitt County Council on Aging
- Dacia Ormond, ECVC
- Amanda Parker, AMEXCAN
- Anna Schulz, CADA
- Will Shingleton, Sound Rivers
- Maximilian Smith, Pocosin
- Brittany Turner, LAST
- Amy Turner, Wayne County Library
- Kaylee Warren, Beaufort County Economic Development
2020 Interns
Due to the novel coronavirus, students were not able to participate in in-person orientation.
- Francisco Solano, AMEXCAN
- Darius Alexander, Ayden Chamber of Commerce
- Mina Chanakira, NC Civil
- Meredith Ferreri, Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce
- Makayla Harris, Love a Sea Turtle
- Desteney Hopkins Edwards, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
- Danielle Jackson, NC Coastal Federation
- Emma La Rocca, Interfaith Refugee Ministry
- Daniel McCoy, Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce
- Dejah McManus, Wayne County Public Library
- Vedika Modi, Martin Pitt Partnership for Children
- Jack Pendergraph, BCED
- Hatcher Price, Windsor Bertie Chamber of Commerce
- Dana Shefet, Hope Restorations
- Nathaniel Smith, ECVC Marketing
- Emily Soeken, Arts of the Pamlico
- Julie Vincent, Heart for ENC
- Tiana Washington, READ ENC
- Aaron Watson, ECVC Engineering
2019 Interns
Rachel Breitinger
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
Alexis Brooks
NC CIVIL
Jourdan Carr
Pitt County Council on Aging
Jon Cockerham
Uptown Greenville
Spencer Crawford
AMEXCAN
Christina Dixon
Community Council for the Arts
Hunter English
Tyrrell County Soil and Water Conservation District
Breonna Fain
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Carleigh Flynn
Arts of the Pamlico
Fabian Hector
READ ENC
George Hendrix
Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Anna Kundis
Aces for Autism
Sasha McKnight
Darden Enlightenment Center
Nicholas Mork
N.C. Coastal Federation
Heather Mosesso
Town of Simpson
Nilam Patel
Interfaith Refugee Ministry
Emma Plyler
READ ENC
Caroline Rammacher
N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Bailey Stamper
Hope Restorations
Emily Whaley
N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Peri Wheeler
Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce
Hunter Whittington
Beaufort County Economic Development
2018 Interns
Charlie Carcich
Rebuilding Together
Madeline Tripp
N.C. Coastal Federation
Tyler Whitely
Arts of Pamlico
2017 Interns
Elizabeth Andrews
Pitt Co. Schools-Athletic Training
Breyah Atkinson
Martin-Tyrrell-Washington (MTW)
District Health Department
Lily Bagwell
Pirate’s Cove Fishing Tournaments, INC.
Carrie Brickhouse
The Pocosin Arts School of Fine Arts
Jessica Brush
Rebuilding Together Pitt Co.
Michael Denning
Pitt Co. Health Department
Todd Gabriel
JH Sampson Community
Development Corporation, INC.
Sarah Goski
Pitt County Arts at Emerge
Alexander Hill
Tyrell Co. Soil and Water
Conservation District
Emily Hurdle
AMEXCAN
Rachel Isaac
Arts of the Pamlico
and Historic Turnage Theatre
Rhyan McDowell
ACES for Autism, INC.
Lucero Roa
Building Hope
Kenneth Staton
Windsor/Bertie County
Chamber of Commerce
Holly (Bell) Tabor
Eastern Carolina Vocational Center
Chase Taylor
Pamlico Rose
Institute of Sustainable Communities
William Zahran
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
2016 Interns
Toni Abernathy
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Lauren Barkand
Building Hope Community Life Center
Matthew Barrier
North Pitt High School
Ashley Cromie
Windsor/Bertie County
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew DiMeglio
Rebuilding Together Pitt Co.
Alexis Everette
PORT Human Services
Eva Gallardo
Tyrell County Soil and Water Conservation District
Lee Hodges
The East Group/Pitt County
Arts Council at Emerge
Connor (John) Hoffman
Farmville Central High School
James Kidd
Mother Earth Brewery
Altavia Lowery
Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament
Nelson Martinez-Borja
Tyrrell County Senior Adult
Activity Center
Elizabeth McAlister
Pocosin Arts
Lucas Merriam
Friends of Kinston and
Kinston Parks & Rec
Stephanie Minor
DH Conley High School
Taylor Nelson
Wilson County Health Department
Damiere Powell
Greene County Economic
Development Commission
Andrew Strong
Uptown Greenville
Hope Stuart
DH Conley High School