Gifted at Play

When you’re weighing your options for a summer internship, it’s easy to gravitate toward a big-name company. Who wouldn’t want Procter and Gamble, JP Morgan, or Google on their resume? But there’s a lot to be gained by working for a smaller company, especially when you’re first making your entrance into the workforce. Working for an up-and-coming tech company may not have the brand-name recognition that your friends in finance and consulting are looking for, but it will give you a host of real-life experience that will be hard to get in any other industry. Here are just a few reasons why working for a startup this summer makes a ton of sense. 1- You’ll Have Real Responsibilities At an early-stage startup, time is valuable, and every team member is critical—including interns. This means that you’ll be working on projects that directly impact users, and probably immediately. Rolling your first feature to production or publishing your first blog post can be scary, but working

A form of therapy that uses visual arts to enhance one’s overall well-being. The arts are used to let go, express, and to release. Expressive Arts, Creative Arts Therapy and Expressive Therapy, are used in a therapeutic, rehabilitative, educational, and community setting to foster holistic health, communication, and expression. People have been using the arts as tools for healing for many centuries. The American Art Therapy Association’s Mission The American Art Therapy Association, Inc. (Association) is an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that making art is healing and life enhancing. Its mission is to serve its members and the general public by providing standards of professional competence, and developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy. Adopted April 2008 There is no wrong way in the arts which encourages the members to be free with self-expression. Expressive Arts is not about interpreting color or images, a