Meet our two marketing & communications content writer interns for the summer at the BDA! Soumya Sahay (left) and Rachel Pfalzer (right) continues to tell local stories through our Heart of Bellevue campaign, support our many community events taking place in the summer, create and develop more ways to engage the community, and be a strong ambassador for Downtown Bellevue.
ABOUT RACHEL:
Rachel is a recent graduate of the University of Washington with a BA in English and a minor in Environmental Studies. Since she started internship at the BDA, she has enjoyed The balance of creative writing, local engagement and real-world experience. One of the many things she loves about Downtown Bellevue is the community’s dedication to creating opportunities for people to support small businesses, mingle, and become an active part of the landscape they inhabit. Her favorite spot in Downtown Bellevue is Coffeeholic House!
Her career goal aspiration includes any modality of storytelling. Right now, she’s interested in pursuing community-centered journalism – trying to connect with and help people in her very own backyard. She’d like to continue engaging with local issues and play a role in exploring complex solutions to complex problems.
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ABOUT SOUMYA:
Soumya is a rising senior at American University in Washington, DC double majoring in Journalism and International Studies. She eventually wants to pursue a career in investigative reporting and hopes to spark positive change with the stories she covers. What she loves about interning at the BDA is the connections she’s already made with the Bellevue community through stories she has written, as well as through some of her own exploring. She enjoys working in an area full of people who love to give back (and the bonus of delicious coffee shops and restaurants on every corner) – Her favorite spot to go to is T’Latte.
Her ultimate career goals aspiration is eventually to pursue a path in investigative reporting, focusing on foreign policy. She has worked in newsrooms since the age of 14 and cannot wait to continue that path professionally. She wants her work to highlight good and call out bad, and she plans to work hard to spark as much positive change as possible as a working journalist soon.