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Brianna, a biology and society major at Cornell University, spent two months as the marketing intern at a social enterprise in Thailand. The enterprise works to eradicate poverty among farmers in northeastern Thailand.
Brianna: PR & Marketing Intern in Thailand
Cornell University
PR & Marketing
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Day to day
There's always just this great support having AIP, especially being in a foreign country where I don't speak the language.
Intern
Brianna was the marketing intern at a social enterprise working to eradicate poverty among farmers in northeastern Thailand. She looked into product development for the upcoming year and at marketing toward [unclear].
On AIP: she was “a little bit skeptical” before coming, “but actually being here, everything is just incredible.” Her contact at AIP “always responds within a few hours”, which mattered “being in a foreign country where I don't speak the language and I didn't know anybody before coming.” She also liked having “a great group of interns to interact with”.
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Life in the city
“I actually love Thailand.” Brianna found “so much to do and so many things to see, and the culture here is incredible.”
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What to know before you land
I would say do whatever it takes to do it. Just come to Thailand, and other countries too.
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My name is Brianna. I go to Cornell University and I'm a biology and society major [unclear].
So I work for a social enterprise [unclear] eradicate poverty among northeastern Thai farmers, and I'm the marketing intern. So we looked into some actual product development for the upcoming year, and also looking at marketing toward the [unclear].
So I actually love Thailand. I love [unclear]. So much to do and so many things to see, and the culture here is incredible. All the [unclear] here [unclear] incredibly nice [unclear].
So I actually was, before [unclear], a little bit skeptical of it [unclear], but actually being here, everything is just incredible, and there's always [unclear]. [unclear] always responds within a few hours, [unclear] within ten minutes, and there's always just this great support having AIP, especially being in a foreign country where I don't speak the language and I didn't know anybody before coming. And it's also just a great group of interns to interact with.
[unclear] I would say do whatever it takes to do it. Just come [unclear] to Thailand, and other countries too, but come [unclear]. That's what I would say. [unclear] more than just an internship, at internsinasia.com.
Transcript from YouTube's automatic captions, lightly edited. [unclear] marks words the captions didn't catch.
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