InternLA Program

Oxy student intern with a clipboard in front of the Los Angeles Zoo sign

Hundreds of students have impacted the Los Angeles community and gained meaningful work experience through Oxy’s InternLA Summer Internship program.

Program Overview

InternLA is a donor-funded internship program designed to encourage talented Oxy students to gain real-world work experience over the summer with Los Angeles-based nonprofit organizations. Students selected for an InternLA internship receive an educational stipend and need-based on-campus housing for the duration of the program. InternLA internships are for 10 weeks beginning in late May and ending in early August. Internships may take place in person or hybrid (no fully remote InternLA opportunities).

Sophomores, juniors, and December-graduating seniors who meet the Hameetman Career Center eligibility requirements are eligible to apply for InternLA opportunities.

Meet some of our student interns

InternLA 2025 Timeline

  • Student Information Session: October 2, 2024
  • Eligibility Period (attend all five workshops on/before January 17, 2025)
  • Application Period: January 25 - February 7, 2025
  • Program Begins: May 29, 2025
  • Program Ends: August 1, 2025

HCC Program Eligibility Requirements by Class Year

In order to apply for 2025 InternLA internships, students must complete the following career education seminars:

  • HCC 101: Introduction to Career Services
  • HCC 102: Introduction to Career Exploration
  • HCC 200: Job & Internship Search Bootcamp
  • Resume Writing Workshop
  • Interview Preparation Workshop

Eligible students will be notified via email in January. If you do not receive an email or have additional questions, email careers@oxy.edu

Summer 2025 InternLA applicants are invited to apply to up to three (3) participating organizations on Handshake. 

Below are the host sites for InternLA 2025:

Business & Entrepreneurship

  • Annenberg Tech/Pledge LA
  • British Consulate - UK Department of Business & Trade
  • CFA Society LA
  • Executive Service Corps of Southern CA
  • LA Cleantech Incubator
  • KDI (Kounkuey Design Initiative)

Law & Policy

  • Bet Tzedek (Cornuelle Fellows Program)
  • British Consulate - Political, Press & Public Affairs Department
  • Children’s Law Center (Cornuelle Fellows Program)
  • Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
  • Los Angeles City Attorney
  • Learning Rights Law Center
  • Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
  • San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments

Media & Entertainment

  • ARRAY
  • Film Independent | Project Involve
  • Grammy Museum
  • New Filmmakers Los Angeles
  • Pasadena Media (TV)
  • Red Hen Press
  • Southern CA Public Radio/LAist (KPCC)
  • Television Academy Foundation
  • Vidiots
  • Visual Communications

STEM/Research

  • Huntington Medical Research Institutes
  • Los Angeles Zoo
  • Lundquist Institute
  • Natural History Museum
  • Oak Crest Institutes of Science
  • Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator

Social Services & Advocacy

  • Baby2Baby
  • Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
  • Downtown Women’s Center
  • Families Forward Learning Center
  • First5LA
  • Gasol Foundation
  • Jazz Hands for Autism
  • Jewish Family Services LA
  • Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
  • One Institute
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • WORK

Visual & Performing Arts

  • Arts Bridging the Gap
  • Barnsdall Arts Center & Barnsdall Junior Arts Center
  • Independent Shakespeare Company
  • LA Municipal Art Gallery
  • Music for Your Mental Health
  • PLUS ME Project
  • Young Storytellers

* Host sites subject to change

Professional Development Training

To enhance the career and professional development of Oxy students, students who obtain a summer internship through the InternLA program are required to participate in Career Labs. These weekly meetings serve as an on-campus career and professional development training program for InternLA participants. Through Career Labs, students learn about the career development process; participate in networking events; tour employer sites; and make a TED Talk-style presentation to their internship supervisors, faculty, and administrators at the end of the summer internship program.

Students: get more details about the InternLA program, eligibility requirements, and program schedule on Handshake!

  • From left, alumna Maya Angulo '21, Head of Political, Press & Public Affairs; Emily Cloke, British Consul General in Los Angeles; and Political, Press & Public Affairs intern Emily Wills at the British Consulate Los Angeles.

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  • Josephine Silva, an events intern at nonprofit organization Baby2Baby.

    3/12

  • Paulina Kerrigan, an Observation Research Intern at the Los Angeles Zoo.

    4/12

  • Prithvi Dinesh Chandra, an intern at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.

    5/12

  • Liisa Halloran, an intern at KCET in Los Angeles.

    6/12

  • Intern Clarasophia Gust collects water samples and data in Eaton Canyon for the Council for Watershed Health.

    7/12

  • Eva Jahanshir, an intern at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif.

    8/12

  • Madeline Hill, an intern at the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Public Engagement (MOPE).

    9/12

  • Phillip Wong, an intern at the Data Science Federation, which is part of the Information Technology Agency for the city of Los Angeles.

    10/12

  • Intern Sophia Brown at The Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

    11/12

  • Intern Robert Machuca at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif.

    12/12

Photos by Marc Campos.

Contact Career Services
Hameetman Career Center

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1600 Campus Road / Los Angeles, CA 90041
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Office Hours: 9 - 5 pm, Mon - Fri

Phone: (323) 259-2623
careers@oxy.edu

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