Intellectual Curiosity in Finance

Name: Josh Esmailzadeh Year: Sophomore Major: MMSS and Economics Minor: Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Shore Capital Partners Over the spring quarter of 2021, I worked as a Private Equity Intern at Shore Capital Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused in healthcare, food & beverage, business services, and real estate….

Valuable Lessons in Sales and Marketing

Name: Julia Smith Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Legal Studies CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Expansive Workplace For my Spring 2021 CFS internship I worked as a marketing and sales intern for a coworking company, Expansive Workspace (formally Novel Coworking). As a junior applying to CFS, I did not know what career I wanted…

Venture Capital Up Close

Name: Kaan Kermen Year: Sophomore Major: Economics & Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Safestamp During the spring of 2021, I interned at Safestamp, a nanotech startup committed to solving global counterfeiting. As someone who has been fascinated with entrepreneurship since high school, this was one of the most rewarding experiences I could ask…

Learning Unexpected Lessons

Name: Andrew Obstler Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Spanish CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Packed with Purpose In Spring 2021, I had the opportunity to work as a Business Operations intern for a small start-up called Packed with Purpose. Packed with Purpose provides gift baskets both directly to the consumer as well as custom…

Honing Adaptability and Time Management

Name: Piers Braunrot Year: Senior Major: Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Accelerated Growth Advisors My experience interning at Accelerated Growth this past spring far surpassed my expectations. I had a great time getting to know the team members across the Financial Transformation division, and I really enjoyed the company culture, balanced between relaxed…

Katy for Companies That Care

Name: Katy Year: Junior Major(s): Mathematics, Statistics Minor(s): CFS Program: Field Studies in Social Justice I am currently a Junior, studying Mathematics and Statistics. I chose to participate in Chicago Field Studies to see where my analytic skills could take me, outside of academia and finance. Thus I chose an internship doing data analytics for…

Abhishek at High Concept Labs

Name: Abhishek Year: Sophomore Major(s): Journalism Minor(s): Theatre CFS Program: Field Studies in Social Justice In preparing for my weekend of documenting and interviewing artists and their process, I research and write information about them followed by writing interview questions. I added specific questions to learn about their art-making’s urgency and the affect they hope…

Cheron at the Law Offices of Reza Baniassadi

Name: Cheron Year: Senior Major(s): Anthropology Minor(s): Political Science CFS Program: Legal Field Studies My experience during Chicago Field Studies has deepened my passionate commitment to pursue law. At my internship, I have gained various skills that are transferable to any area of law as well as developed my legal writing. In addition to great…

Kaitland at Heshima Kenya

Name: Kaitland Year: Senior Major(s): Biology Minor(s): US History CFS Program: Field Studies in Social Justice When I began my search for a Spring and Winter internship, I only had a loose idea of what I wanted to do. I have always had a passion for working with non-profit organizations and have volunteered with several…

Kathryn at the Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Name: Kathryn Year: Junior Major(s): Political Science Minor(s): French Language CFS Program: Field Studies in Humanities The first thing that comes to mind for Chicago Field Studies is, of course, the internship. Without diminishing the magnitude of the experience I had at the Attorney General’s Office, the CFS Humanities class was an absolutely integral component…

Kayla at Spector | Baker

Name: Kayla Year: Senior Major(s): Economics Minor(s): CFS Program: Field Studies in Humanities As soon as I tell someone that I am going to law school in the fall, their first reaction is to ask where I am planning on going to school and what type of law I am interested in pursuing. The truth…

Lexi at the Talking Farm

Name: Lexi Year: Sophomore Major(s): Theatre, International Studies Minor(s): Environmental Policy and Culture CFS Program: Field Studies in Environment, Science, and Sustainability My Chicago Field Studies experience was not your ‘typical’ internship. Working at the Talking Farm I essentially learned how to run a small-scale farm and the functionality of urban agriculture in this area….