Safe Harbor Internship Program

“Intern inspired, intern created, and intern driven”

Safe Harbor House offers students a chance to learn and apply new, transferable skills through the positions offered in our internship program — all from the comfort of their own home. These remote, online positions provide them with lifelong skills and invaluable experiences.

We train students from all over the United States in many areas, including: Social Media, Marketing, Fundraising, Blogging, Office Administration, Human Resources (HR), Social Work, Web Design, and Volunteer Management. 

As the online program grows, we are adding more internship opportunities and expanding our online internship program so we can invest in preparing more students for the future.

Our goal is to teach our interns proper knowledge that can be applied throughout their future careers and prepare them with the ability to handle situations appropriately within their future workplaces. We believe in giving interns an opportunity to work on projects to prepare, equip, and train them to transfer these skills to successful careers. 

If you have any questions about our program, please email us at contact@safeharborim.com.

Examples of some projects that our interns will work on are:

  • Program writing
  • Creating budgets
  • Creating online virtual courses
  • Podcast production and hosting
  • Research
  • Learning how to utilize WordPress to revise and improve web pages
  • Creating/managing social media content and platforms
  • Working with victims of abuse
  • Leading online support groups (mentoring victims of trauma)

We also help improve many transferable skills within our interns, including:

  • Time management
  • Organization
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Self-confidence

 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR INTERNS

Each hand served and touched hearts at the Safe Harbor. We appreciate and honor the service you have given to Safe Harbor and its impact to our clients. We are profoundly grateful and proud of each one of our interns who served at Safe Harbor!

Internship Program Fundraising Needs

Currently, our internship programs are unpaid, but we are diligently working on modifying this for our current and future interns. Since they offer such a tremendous amount of value, we want to be able to properly compensate them for their hard work. Please help our internship programs continue to grow and help our interns to thrive by donating to our internship fund. This money will be go straight to our interns to help support and empower them in their journey of self-development. You can read about each of our interns below and find out what projects they have worked on for Safe Harbor.

Former Interns

Rebecca Kochanek, Volunteer Coordinator

Rebecca Kochanek resides in Ohio with her husband, two children, and two cats. She is a college graduate with a Bachelor’s in Communications and Sociology.

Interning with Safe Harbor International Ministries

Jess Tlacuatl, Social Media, High School Intern

Jess was born and raised in a small town called Weehawken. She graduated from Weehawken High School.

Interning with Safe Harbor International Ministries

Leidy De La Cruz, Office Admin, High School Intern

Leidy was born on the beautiful island of the Dominican Republic. She graduated from Weehawken High School.

Interning with Safe Harbor International Ministries

Brittany Duca, Office Admin

Brittany is originally from a small town in Northern Indiana, but currently lives in Evansville, Indiana where she graduated from The University of Southern Indiana majoring in Public Relations and Advertising with a Minor in Marketing.

Elina Paraschou, HR 

Elina Paraschou is from Greece. She graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis TN, with a Business degree.

Interning with Safe Harbor International Ministries

Sydni Brown, Web Team

Sydni Brown was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She graduated from Oral Roberts University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Technology with a minor in Media.

Elizabeth Boucher, HR Team Leader

Elizabeth is from Cincinnati, OH. Elizabeth graduated from Liberty University with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with focuses in Behavioral Sciences and Foreign Language. Now, she studies at Liberty University for her Master’s degree in Human Resources. 

Jessica Christian

Jacob Howard, HR

Jacob is from Kinston, N.C., and attends North Carolina State University, where he is studying Human Resources Management with a minor in Spanish.

Julia Hoofnagle, Office Admin

Julia is originally from Denver, Colorado. She is currently a student at the University of Arizona, pursuing a degree in Philosophy with a minor in Communications.

Jessica Christian

Corrine Karlan, Office Admin

Corrine was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida. She currently attends Florida Atlantic University where she is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration with a minor in Disaster Management and Nonprofit Management.

Samria Rauner, Blogger Co-Team Leader

Samira is currently studying English Literature. She spends six months a year living and studying in Scotland, and she is back home in Germany for the other half of the year.

Jessica Christian

Shannon Linsey, Office Admin Team Leader

Shannon graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, MA with minors in Psychology and Health Psychology.

Angel Thompson, Social Media

Angel is from Jonesboro, Georgia. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications at University of West Georgia. 

Jessica Christian

Amanda Chappell, ED Assistant Team Leader

Amanda is from Fennville, a small town in West Michigan. She graduated from Davenport University with her BBA in Business Management.

Mikayla Jackson, Social Media

Mikayla is from Opelika, Alabama. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, majoring in Public Relations with a minor in Political Science. 

Jessica Christian

Jackie Ebel, Blogger

Jackie is a Communication major at DePauw University. She is a swim captain for the women’s varsity team, a writer and editor for HerCampus branch, and the president and founder of DePauw’s Clay Club.

Grace Haass, Blogger

Grace grew up outside of Sacramento, California. She is pursuing a degree in Journalism Media Studies at San Diego State University.

Jessica Christian

Janeisha Cambridge, Social Media

Janeisha is an International Business and Marketing major at Barry University from Jonesboro, Georgia.

Jasmine Mewborn

Lyza Klein, Office Admin

Lyza attends Bloomsburg University of PA. She will graduate in the Spring of 2021. 

Alicia Olson

Alicia Olson, HR

Alicia is originally from Minnesota, and she has an Associates in Science and has a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Clayton State University.

Jessica Christian

Bethany Fischer, Blogger

Bethany is a Writing major at Houston Baptist University. 

Emma Wen

Ann Rollo, HR

Ann is currently pursuing her Masters in Business and Human Resource Management at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Selena Hunter

Selena Hunter, Web Design

Selena graduated from the Eastern Iowa Community College District with an Associate of Science.

Gunita Rahman

Sade Warren, Nonprofit Mgmt.

Sade is from Alabama. She finished her MBA in Supply Chain Global Integration Management in 2019.

Martin Lalanne

Martin Lalanne, HR

Martin Lalanne is from Orlando Florida. He worked for the U.S Air Force as an Aviation Resource Manager, and recently graduated with a Bachelor’s in Technical Management.

Laura Chang

Laura Chang, ED Assistant

Laura is Korean (South) and was born in New York.  She graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

Inés Ernst

Inés Ernst, Office Admin

Ines Ernst is from Argentina, but she is now living in Switzerland. She finished her studies at the Universidad de Belgrano in 2011.

Darrell San

Darrell San, Web Design

Darrell is from Bronx, New York. He has a degree in Information Technology.

Jessica Christian

Jessica Christian, Blogger

Jessica completed her degree in communications with a concentration in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in English at East Carolina University.

Jessica Christian

Emily Churchill, ED Assistant

Emily is a 21 year-old from Marion, Iowa. She attends the University of Northern Iowa. Emily is majoring in business management and earning her CNP.

Brooke Smoke

Jasmine Mewborn, HR

Jasmine is from Camden County, Georgia where she received her Master’s of Public Administration from The University of West Georgia.

Evie Mitchell

Evie Mitchell, Social Media

Evie is from Atlanta, GA. She is getting her Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Design and Georgia Tech. University.

Gunita Rahman

Gunita Rahman, Social Media

Gunita is from Atlanta, Georgia and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing at Florida State University.

Brooke Smoke

Jasmine Partridge, HR

Jasmine is from Fayetteville, GA. She graduated from The University of Alabama, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.

Hannah Wilson

Hannah Wilson, Nonprofit Mgmt.

Hannah is from Spokane, Washington. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in business management.

Brooke Smoke

Brooke Smoke, Blogger

Brooke graduated from Liberty University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in English.

Hear from Our Interns

I loved this internship so much, I couldn’t have asked for a better one for my first! Everyone is so genuinely kind, and caring, and although we are technically working you can tell the team members actually care about each other. 

Grace Haass, Blogger

Working together with the team, sharing ideas and brainstorming together was a great experience for improving my skills. In addition, I really appreciated the wide variety of different projects I had the opportunity to work on- from creating video content, to researching hashtag and keyword usage, to managing Facebook groups.

There were some unfortunate logistical issues sometimes that hindered the team’s work, like being unable to sign in to Hootsuite or social media accounts. Not a big issue. Overall it was a great internship program.

Evie Mitchell, Social Media

I love that Safe Harbor is developing a curriculum! Hoping future interns can benefit from some of the things my fellow writers and I contributed to the team and the development of a standard for SH blog writers!!

Brooke Smoke, Blogger

I honestly loved this internship. I grew more than I was expecting in every way possible. Personally, I loved developing a relationship with Marquetta (Executive Director) where I felt safe to express my voice in every way. She genuinely cares about the interns and it shows. It was amazing to feel loved and supported for the past few months. She was such an amazing woman to work for and with. To improve the organization, they are working on fixing their google drive folders for new teams to find things easier. I think actively asking how things can be improved for the people involved is a great way to keep the interns working well together and learning how to give (and receive) feedback.

Rebecca Kochanek, Office Admin

It was a great experience working for Safe Harbor International Ministries. I enjoyed working with a team on projects and getting real life experience with WordPress. I especially want to thank Darrell. He was a great partner and deserves a lot of credit. The only struggle that I had was finding times to meet with my teammates due to scheduling conflicts. However, I’m glad that I have this experience under my belt. Thank you!

Laura Chang, Web Design

I honestly do not think much could be changed to make it better. We have rolled out many new applications that will help new interns learn and communicate in a timely manner. Working on at least one project with another team during an internship really makes it feel like family in an organization and you get to learn things from someone else’s perspective.

Alicia Olson, HR

By continuing to use ideas from interns and continuously innovating new ideas to work better together I believe this internship program will continue to be a success. I had an awesome time working with this organization. I would not hesitate to recommend this internship to anyone that fits the role. Thank You again for the opportunity!

Martin Lalanne, HR