Although I wasn’t strictly working all 12 hours, waking up at 6.30am was difficult and getting home by 6.30pm was just a joke. But that’s the price you pay to make a good impression and turn up a good half an hour before anyone expects you at the first day of your internship. It was great to meet everyone in the office, they are all so friendly and helpful and it’s great to know I have five other interns by my side in the office. I spent some time reading through the current legislative agenda at the Child Welfare League of America and they are involved in some great and really positive policy initiatives. I can’t wait to really get stuck in and fully immerse myself in the federal policy process. In the afternoon I got to attend a briefing hosted by the Rebecca Project for Human Rights on a new family treatment model for mothers with drug addictions. This was a deeply moving and interesting first experience of real business on Capitol Hill.
