The Sara Miller McCune Endowed Internship and Public Service Program is a year-long service-learning program for civic-minded 3rd and 4th year UCSB undergraduate students that brings students and community partners together for personal and social transformation. It provides students with opportunities to engage effectively with the local community on issues such as socioeconomic inequities, education, the environment, immigration, and more. This model of university-community partnership creates opportunities for students to connect their classroom learning with community service, translating theory into real-world experience. Local organizations benefit from the support of energetic, talented students who help them to meet their goals and fulfill their missions more effectively. The Sara Miller McCune Endowed Internship and Public Service Program fosters enriched learning through ethical collaborations that enable students to join with our local community in promoting equity and social change.
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Current and Recent Capps Interns and Affiliations
2021-2022
Esmeralda Alvarez, Isla Vista Youth Projects
Julia Barrera, Wilderness Youth Project
Jonathan Carranza, Santa Barbara County Promotores Network
Catherine Flaherty, Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County
Martha Garcia, Bienestar Latinx
Kathryn Henry, Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
Katelyn Miller, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Christopher Sellgren, CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy)
Anya Sriram, Just Communities
Delaina Vanderzell, Girls Rock Santa Barbara
2020-2021
Mina Nur Basmaci, Direct Relief
Veronica Bruner, Just Communities
Almalina Gomes, Cottage Health (Population Health Program)
Betsabe Lopez Morales, Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
Lea Toubian, Community Environmental Council
Megan Yeager, Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County
2019-2020
Viviana Avelar, Santa Barbara County Promotores Network
Gabriela Chavez, Ensemble Theatre Company
Kate Cobarrubia, Fielding Graduate University
Joy Gursky, Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Yasmine Ibrahim, Sierra Club
Hanna Kiefer, Santa Barbara County ACEs Connection
Mariyah Lewis, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA)
Eric Nava, Santa Barbara Alternatives to Violence Project
Zainab Noorsher, Doctors Without Walls: Santa Barbara Street Medicine
Yasmine Ibrahim, 2019-2020 Capps Intern at the Sierra Club
"My experience in the Capps Center Internship Program and the
Sierra Club (Los Padres Chapter) has deepened my love for
working in the nonprofit sector and helped me find
the intersection between working with policy and
working on issues of global importance."
