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MCN Internship Reflection: Noelle Ford
Hello! My name is Noelle Ford and I am a senior at Salisbury University, studying Spanish and English. I began my internship at MCN's Maryland office this past August, with a goal to further my Spanish language skills and understanding of the migrant worker. However, MCN has given me an experience that is more than a better vocabulary and general knowledge of migrant work.
MCN revealed the faces, the tired hands of the people who pick the apples, the oranges, the grapes I toss into my lunch bag every morning. Before this internship, I never thought of health justice, never imagined third world conditions in the US. I viewed the migrant life through my car window, driving past a field of bent workers. Hard work, I had thought, just hard work. But MCN enlightened me to the challenges that pervade in the fields.
This internship has revealed to me the pesticide exposures, the poor water quality that these people confront everyday. MCN also has demonstrated how a successful network of passionate partners can work together to eradicate this health injustice.
I thank MCN for this; illuminating the plight of the migrant workers and exhibiting a force that eliminates these disparities. My experience here guides me to seek a future in advocacy for the underserved.
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