Current and Past McCune Interns and Affiliations

 

2023-2024

Esmeralda Alvarez, Isla Vista Youth Projects

Julia Barrera, Wilderness Youth Project

Jonathan Carranza, Santa Barbara County Promotores Network

Catherine Flaherty, Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

Martha Garcia, Bienestar Latinx

Kathryn Henry, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast

Katelyn Miller, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Christopher Sellgren, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy)

Anya Sriram, Just Communities Central Coast

Delaina Vanderzell, Girls Rock Santa Barbara

 

2020-2021

Mina Nur Basmaci, Direct Relief International

Veronica Bruner, Just Communities Central Coast

Almalina Gomes, Cottage Health (Population Health Program)

Betsabe Lopez Morales, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast

Lea Toubian, Community Environmental Council

Megan Yeager, Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

 

2019-2020

Viviana Avelar, Santa Barbara County Promotores Network

Gabriela Chavez, Ensemble Theatre Company

Kate Cobarrubia, Fielding Graduate University

Joy Gursky, Santa Barbara City College Foundation

Yasmine Ibrahim, Sierra Club

Hanna Kiefer, Santa Barbara County ACEs Connection

Mariyah Lewis, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA)

Eric Nava, Santa Barbara Alternatives to Violence Project

Zainab Noorsher, Doctors Without Walls: Santa Barbara Street Medicine

 

2018-2019

Siboney Arias, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA)

Paige Bradford, Fund for Santa Barbara

Elmer Flores, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy)

Alexandra Gessesse, Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County – South Coast Taskforce on Youth Safety

Annie Golay, Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Rachel Kulik, Isla Vista Youth Projects

Marily Lopez, A Different Point of View

Michelle Pantoja, Just Communities Central Coast

Kalina White, Pacific Pride Foundation

 

2017-2018

Lorena Alvarez, Pacific Pride Foundation

Monica Bi, Life Chronicles

Emmalie Hopping, Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Chinelo Nkechi Ikem, Pacific Standard Magazine

Yesenia Maldonado, Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation

Catt Phan, Just Communities Central Coast

Jordan Pope, Santa Barbara City Council / Santa Barbara County Juvenile Justice Center

Zenzile Riddick, A Different Point of View

Lesly Silva, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy) 

Molly Silvestrini, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast

Esha Suri, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

 

2016-2017

Tanya Cortez, Partners in Education

Eliza Garbutt, Domestic Violence Solutions

Doreen Govari, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy)

Anumita Kaur, Pacific Standard Magazine

Brooke Klooster, Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center

Aria Lucchesi, Doctors Without Walls: Santa Barbara Street Medicine

Alejandra Martinez-Ramos, Just Communities Central Coast

Claire Nuttall, Pacific Pride Foundation

Anneli Olausson, Community Environmental Council

Chloe Siegel, Youth Interactive

 

2015-2016

Annick Adams, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Lindsay Apperson, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy)

Areli Balderrama, Pacific Pride Foundation

Lauren Cain, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Marina Dalton, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast

Daniel Eyal, Direct Relief International

Diana Figueroa, Isla Vista Youth Projects

Jamelia Harris, Just Communities Central Coast

Erica Taylor, Independent Living Resource Center

 

2014-15

Beth Abramson, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy)

Hannah Bartlebaugh, THRIVE Santa Barbara County

Melanie Broussalian, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Keanna Cohen, Direct Relief International

Kaitlin Cuskey, Just Communities Central Coast

Heather Goold, Community Environmental Council

Abigail Mortimer, Life Chronicles

Stephanie Teuber, Teachers for the Study of Educational Institutions (TSEI)

Lauren Trujillo, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

Julia Varboncouer, Wilderness Youth Project

 

2013-14

Laura Barley, Wilderness Youth Project

Sarah Bourke, Community Environmental Council

Izabella Ferayan, World Business Academy

Neil Fasching, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Reena Fram, Green Business Santa Barbara County

Michelle King, Just Communities Central Coast

Hamza Mannan, Direct Relief International

Alena Nelson, Direct Relief International

Franz Rivera, SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship

Rachel Wachtel, Pacific Standard Magazine

 

2012-13

Claire Badger, Interfaith Initiative of Santa Barbara County

Monica Bobadilla, Pacific Standard Magazine

Hannah Brown, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast

Nadim Houssain, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Carly Kray, Orfalea Foundation

Emily Michael, SEE International

Cezanne Rothberg, Storyteller Children’s Center

Rachel Siegel, Direct Relief International

Casey Swank, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Rahel Zeleke, Linked Foundation

 

2011-12

Hanna Beckman, Pacific Standard Magazine

Marlenee Blas, Future Leaders of America

Robert Bustamante, Partners in Education

Matias Eusterbrock, Casa Esperanza

Sarah Heindel, Direct Relief International

Kasey Kokenda, Storyteller Children’s Center

Sarah Sloat, Life Chronicles

Rebecca Whitley, Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County

Madeline Wirthman, Women’s Economic Ventures

Kimberly Zilles, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

 

2010-11

Nanor Balabanian, Life Chronicles

Kendra Burns-Edel, Direct Relief International

Angela Ebiner, Environmental Defense Center

Meredith Eckard, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast

Nicholas Farnum, PathPoint

Nicole Foley, Jodi House

Justin Galle, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Oscar Gonzalez, Partners in Education

Kathryn Porter, Isla Vista Youth Projects

Kiley Widelitz, Tri-County Child Abuse Coalition

 

2009-10

Kitzia Esteva-Martinez, PUEBLO

Nicole Fletcher, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Anna Giang, Channel Islands YMCA

Maggie Hott, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Vincent Inzano, PathPoint

Andrew Knauer, Casa Esperanza

Emily Ludden, Wilderness Youth Project

Quinn Nguyen, Just Communities Central Coast

Elizabeth Watson, Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

Stephanie Welty, SEE International

 

2008-09

Carolina Bergin-Valle, Storyteller Children’s Center

Monica Borba, Casa Esperanza

Lisa Charakul, Partners in Education

Genevieve Cook, Just Communities Central Coast

Alyssa Hoyle, SEE International

Courtney Moore, Substance Use Prevention and Education Resource

Luis Moreno, Youth Cine Media

Jessica Wiggins, SEE International

Jennifer Zapata, PUEBLO