Intern Highlight: Daniela

We’re excited to introduce Daniela Garcia, one of our interns! Check out our recent interview with Daniela where we learn more about her role as an intern, future career goals, what she does for fun, and more! 

1. Tell us about your role as an intern at Holistic. What do you do? Who do you work with?
   I’ve been an intern with Holistic for a year, so I’ve had the chance to do a little bit of everything. Right now, I mostly am in charge of operations and administration while working on smaller internal projects since I am still doing school full time. I work with everyone on the team to make sure everything is organized for our clients!

2. Where do you currently go to school? What do you study? Can you share a few of your career goals with us?
   I’m currently a senior at Northwestern studying Global Health, Learning & Organizational Change, and Sociology. Post-grad I plan to pursue a career in business, specifically Human Resources. I have really enjoyed my sociology and public health classes, and long term I hope to work in the social impact space.

3. What’s something you are proud of since joining Holistic?
   At the beginning of my time at Holistic, I worked to clean up our engine. I “translated” a lot of demographic data points, so now our system is smart enough to read employee’s demographic information in paragraph format instead of the traditional checkboxes. Over the course of the year, we’ve really worked to improve this feature to let people express themselves in whatever ways they see fit, which is super important when it comes to giving employees a voice.

4. What’s something that has surprised you since joining Holistic?
   Before Holistic, I had never worked at a startup, and it surprises me how much we have grown in a year. It’s been a great experience to participate in multiple projects, and I’ve really enjoyed seeing how much Holistic has changed over the year, especially how our services have expanded.

5. What do you do for fun?
   Pre-COVID I really enjoyed going to concerts, but now that’s turned into having dance parties with my siblings at home. I also enjoy baking, running, and watching reruns of Grey’s Anatomy.

Thank you Daniela for all of your support!