Allison Sproles is a senior at The Sycamore School in Arlington, Virginia. Allison is a hard-working and ambitious student who has taken a diverse range of classes, many of which were honors and intensified.

Allison enjoys reading and writing poetry in her free time. She also enjoys the outdoors and demonstrates that through her dedication as an Eagle Scout. In the summers, she teaches sailing to both children and adults. Throughout the school year, Allison sails competitively on DC Sail's Varsity Team. Allison also has been an active member of her school's debate club.

Allison is eager to join the International Business and Development Internship because she wants to dip her toes into the realm of business and discover what it is like and what it entails to help manage and advise businesses. She also wants to contribute to small businesses in a developing country and hopes her academic career and experiences so far can help her in doing so. She is eager to work with individuals from that country and learn about how businesses differ from those at home. Allison also sees this internship as an opportunity to work on a team with fellow peers from her school and she hopes this will help her demonstrate her leadership, communication, and teamwork skills.

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Kai Carney is a sophomore at The Sycamore School, Kai has won the Payback Challenge essay competition with Next Gen Personal Finance. He is also enrolled in advanced coding.

Kai enjoys playing Ultimate frisbee. At school, he has been a member of Student Council. As a member of Student Council, he organized stream cleanups and other events. In his free time, he plays Guitar and Chess.

Kai Carney is looking forward to participating in the international business and development internship program. he believes that by helping local entrepreneurs in Bauchi, Nigeria establish themselves, we’ll improve the quality of life for the people of Nigeria. Kai is also excited to get hands-on experience and learn about foreign economies.

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Diego Askew is a junior at the Sycamore School in Arlington, VA. He is also enrolled in courses at a local college. His primary academic interests are history, philosophy, and international studies.

Outside of school, Diego plays travel soccer and coaches youth flag football. He speaks Spanish whenever he can and enjoys traveling internationally.

Diego participated in Leadership Initiatives' Advanced Law and Trial Internship in the summer of 2021. During the 2021-2022 school year, he participated in Leadership Initiatives' International Law and Advocacy Internship. He is excited to continue his work with LI this year.

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I am 14 years old. I have dyslexia and ADHD, and I love working on projects.

My favorite sport is ultimate frisbee I have been playing since the middle of 5th grade and I have loved playing it. Some other things I like to do is play chess because it requires a lot of focus and thinking and I like the way that it is difficult and I can improve. I also am taking under grade level coding work in school I have been coding since I was in 3rd grade and I love the thinking behind it. it challenges me to think outside of the box in advanced ways. I also do a bunch of other things like running and biking and helping people build computers and even more!

I am excited to work for this because I think it is a good after school activity and I love the idea of helping people that need the help that with the resources we have. I like the group idea and working together.

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