Las Cruces Bulletin Features Techie Andrew Jaramillo and Dona Ana Internship Program
August 6, 2021
The Las Cruces Bulletin published a feature article about Dona Ana County's summer internship program, which hired 500 local youths. Techie Andrew Jaramillo was one of those interns and reporter Mike Cook interviewed him at length.
Here is an excerpt of the article with a link to the newspaper site at the bottom.
Summer program means interns are working across the county
Mayfield High School junior Andrew Bleimeyer, 16, and New Mexico Tech student Andrew Jaramillo, 18, both of Las Cruces, are two of the more than 500 interns Doña Ana County has hired during the summer of 2021.
Both Andrews are assigned to the county communications department, working with new
county Communications Manager Anita Skipper.
(Andrew Jaramillo and Andrew Bleimeyer/Las Cruces Bulletin photo).
“Our goal through this internship is to expose our students to quality employment experience,” Skipper said. “The Andrews have been valuable to our department in such a short time. They both came in with interests in IT (information technology). Because of their willingness to learn new things, their view of IT has been expanded. They are learning the art of communication and its delivery in various forms. They are assisting with recording and editing video as well as creating their own content.”
At the County Government Building, Bleimeyer said he has interviewed other interns and the county’s internship program director, Margarita Porter, and also edited a video and worked on podcasts about the program.
Jaramillo also has worked on videos and on an app to help make it easier for 911 operators to locate callers. He also has helped with the county’s full-page ad in the Las Cruces Bulletin and with photography to update the county website, Jaramillo said.
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