The Y&L Interns
It’s summer time and you know what that means – Y&L Summer Interns return!!!
This year we are excited to have new interns already onboard and raring to go! It’s always a breath of fresh air to have young people buzzing around the office, asking questions, listening to different types of music and thinking that our jokes aren’t funny. We all learn from them as much as they learn from us during this time.
We have tons of projects kicking off so there will be plenty for each of them to do in addition to learning things like programming basics, project management, contra., salary negotiations, etc. Let the fun begin!
Our Interns
Ms. Beniwal Receiving her Certificate of Excellence after completing her summer internship with Y&L Consulting this past summer
Sara Beniwal
Sara Beniwal is a junior at Del Norte High School, exploring knowledge and planning to attend college majoring in computer science. She is currently the speech captain of the school’s speech and debate club. She started her own club called the Del Norte Social Innovation Club, where she promotes innovation amongst elementary, middle, and high school students. Sara is also a 3 rd degree black belt in Taekwondo as well as a player on the school’s field hockey team. Outside of school, Sara has become the CFO of a virtual reality startup that she and a group of friends have created. Sara is focused on reaching her goals by working hard at school and giving back to the community.
“With the help of Mr. Sengar and the Y&L Consulting team, I was able to explore and receive hands-on experience about blockchain and its industrial applications. Over the past couple of months, Mr. Sengar and I have focused on researching blockchain technology and its utilization in the health insurance industry, yet the work and research I conducted not only helped open my eyes to the many industries blockchain can help transform, but also introduced me to the business world. This internship gave me the skills essential to be able to learn and thrive in any office setting, and I look forward to exploring this budding technology in the near future.”
In recognition of Sara’s outstanding achievement, she was awarded the certificate of excellence.
Claudia Collier
will be attending UTSA this Fall as a freshman in the Biomedical Engineering Program. While in high school, she maintained a GPA of 4.3. She participated in a Pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP) for three years and received several academic/athletic awards during her high school career (Leadership Award, Distinguished Student Award, Runner of the Year) and was a state finalist in track and field. She has also received several scholastic scholarships to Abilene Christian University and St. Mary’s University. Some extracurricular activities she enjoys include reading, Krav Maga, Taekwondo, and Kick Boxing.
Claudia’s duties as a Y&L intern include working in the sales department collating RFP responses, proof-reading documents, attending meetings, and learning how to give presentations and participate in consultant interviews. Her time here has provided her with insight to the business world as well as various process and communication skills that will benefit her in her engineering profession and life in general. According to Claudia, her internship has bolstered her self-confidence and her ability to function well in a professional environment.
Vishal Kale
Vishal Kale is a junior at Texas A&M in College Station majoring in psychology and minoring in computer science. During high school, band was a big part of his life. He won several international marching band competitions, and views this competitive activity as an integral part of making him the person he is today. At A&M, he participates in many student organizations on campus, including the Psych club.
At Y&L, Vishal has had the opportunity to work in Sistema Technologies’ (Y&L’s government branch) Austin office. This has allowed him to experience an alternate focus to Y&L’s traditional business model and identify the similarities alongside the differences. Vishal has come to appreciate the variety of personalities present at Y&L/Sistema and sees the company overall as a very genuine and friendly place to work. To him, it feels like a big family.
Riley Blue
Riley Blue joins us from Woodland Hills, California – just outside of Los Angeles. Riley just graduated from El Camino High School and will be attending the University of California San Diego. Her concentration will be Science. During high school she won a Scholastic Science Award and had a 4.3 overall GPA. For extracurricular activities, Riley is an avid Softball player and her high school team won the State Championship this year. Currently she is spending time learning about the various departments within the company (Sales, Recruiting, Operations, Contracts, Marketing, etc.) and is assisting our Contract Administrator with various tasks.
Elias Uriegas
Elias Uriegas is currently attending UTSA with a major in Economics and an minor in Computer Science and just completed his Junior year. He is currently involved in a Unifier project assessment for the City of San Antonio (COSA). Elias is assisting our Unifier Subject Matter Expert by taking meeting notes during client engagements and creating IT and Business process flowcharts. His classroom-based Java programming courses are coming into play in an active, hands-on learning of the Oracle Unifier software product which is based in Java. Elias has a strong appreciation for music (composing his own songs, singing, as well as playing the piano, guitar and saxophone) and is a HUGE Spurs fan.
