Pathfinders
offers an array of internships to high school students of the Yeshivah of
Flatbush. For students such as Allison Tawil and Miriam Einhorn, who are
interested in health and nutrition, what better internship than one by a
Registered Dietitian? In their internship with Karen Moreno, a nutritionist and
alumni of YOF (2005), they are exposed to the ins and outs of running a
business.
“The exposure we
[Allison and Miriam] are receiving in this internship is preparing us not only
for college, but also for our future. It is giving us the tools to not only lead
a healthy life, but also to learn how to start a business once we finish
college. In essence it’s teaching us about ‘the outside world.’ ”
Karen has
assigned her interns various jobs and tasks to fulfill in which they learn many
intriguing facts about not only keeping their own body healthy but also
learning how to spread this information to others. One example is the weekly social
media posts they are supposed to prepare in which they find recent nutrition
studies, health facts, and recipes that will later be posted on Twitter and
Facebook.
“We [Allison and
Miriam] are extremely appreciative that we have been given this opportunity to
learn so many new things; even if we don’t pursue a career in nutrition we
still have gained so much from this internship.”
-Karen
Moreno, MS, RD, CDN
Internship Advisor
-Allison
Tawil and Miriam Einhorn
Interns