I participated in group zoom where a woman discussed her internship with START and her experience with studying German. I was excited to learn about START because I had never heard of it before, and I was able to hear experience about Fulbright and how that missed opportunity led to START. START is a really interesting organization that focuses on things like domestic and international terrorism, which is something that relates to international relations (obviously) and me personally, seeing as I’m looking into that area as part of a possible career choice. I also found out about the GTD, aka Global Terrorism Database, which is apparently open to the public. That’s interesting for multiple reasons: I never thought that information like this would be open to the public, and I never knew that was connected to START. She said that she’s working in PIRUS (profiles of individual radicalization in the United States), and is focusing on figuring out things like what groups have the most influence over people and what groups are most populated. As far as experience goes, I feel like an internship like that is very beneficial generally, and I’m excited that I’ve found out about the opportunity. In the future, I look forward to finding out more about the organization and deciding if that is an organization that I would want to do an internship for. As an IA Scholar, I’m aware that hard work is rewarded with a successful future, and this kind of work would definitely help me further my ability to impact international relations on the aspect of cyber/physical security.