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HFA’s Summer Internship
Goes Virtual
Hemophilia Federation of America has welcomed generations is a true blessing. I constantly work with teens
two advocacy interns for the summer of 2020, but and young adults, making sure they are aware of the impact
in a new and unique way. they can have on the community just by using their voice.
For many years, HFA’s advocacy interns spent 10 weeks My name is Will Hubbert, and I’m a soon-to-graduate
of their summer living in Washington, D.C., where the HFA history major at the College of
office is located, engaged in hands-on activities related William and Mary, hailing from
to policy and advocacy. But with travel restrictions and northern Virginia. I’ve volunteered
safety concerns in place for a global pandemic, HFA had to in the bleeding disorders community
rethink the annual tradition. The result is a virtual summer since I was a kid, when I started
internship! attending venipuncture clinics at my
HTC as a patient mentor. Since
Interns are participating in regular webinars and online
training about legislative, policy and advocacy issues, then I’ve been involved in all sorts of ways, from helping
learning more about hearings and what it means to work out with childcare at HFA Symposium to developing
on Capitol Hill, building communications and media skills, programming that chapters all over the country can use to
and more. HFA is pleased to welcome the following virtual reach their young adult members. When I’m not studying
interns: history or playing frisbee, you can find me at one of the
two SeriousFun Camps I’ve been lucky enough to work at
My name is Tameelah Dawson. I am 21 years old from during the last five summers. From facilitating my camp
Lexington, S.C. and currently a senior trips to teaching me to self-infuse, the bleeding disorder
at Claflin University in Orangeburg, community has done a great deal for me over the years.
S. C., pursing a bachelor’s degree This year I’m excited to pay it forward as an advocacy
in psychology. I have been heavily intern for HFA, where I
active in the hemophilia community hope to help the bleeding
for well over five years. I’ve served disorders community
as a junior board member for secure life-preserving
healthcare even amid a
Hemophilia South Carolina and I am also a part of the
Advocacy Coalition for bleeding disorders in South Carolina. global pandemic. S
I enjoy working with HFA — I love to be a big helping hand
whenever I am needed and making an impact on the younger
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