This past week we did not have any in person class and instead were assigned to watch the film Erin Brockovich. The film is similar to themes that we have explored in class throughout the summer as it explores a large companies negligence that led to widespread health issues in the surrounding community. The film followed the protagonist as she struggled to gather information and evidence against the company, PG&E. This film did have a more satisfactory conclusion than A Civil Action in my opinion, as the lawyers were able to win the case and bring the affected families some satisfaction. Wednesday’s class was dedicated to working on our final papers and presentations. Although we haven’t presented them yet, I am very confident in my groups work and I look forward to showing the class.

 

At my internship this week Le Yang and I have been working with our supervisor Arianna to get a full account of the firm’s financial flows. As a non-profit, they do not have much money coming in other than the small amounts they generate from tours of the gallery and donations. Because of this, they have asked Le and I to try to find ways to minimize costs for them. They are also not very financially experienced and have requested that Le and I build them an excel sheet template for their budget. At the networking event, Arianna came and we got to speak a lot with her about her future plans and other work that she does in the industry. It was a really lovely experience and I will miss spending time at the office.

 

This past week many of the students from around the world living in Aparto with us left for the summer and on their last few days I was lucky enough to be able to spend some time with them. On Thursday we celebrated Sara’s birthday at a local cuban restaurant which was an absolutely lovely evening. Then over the weekend we traveled to a beautiful villa in the hills of Tuscany. It was an absolutely amazing experience and a wonderful way to end the trip. I am really going to miss these people and I am so thankful that I got to spend this time with such a great group of friends. We all got to then spend Sunday exploring Florence and having a great dinner together. What a great great time.