Hello everyone! My name is Xiaowen Sabaj, and I am currently attending Bradley University in Peoria, IL studying International Business. Something interesting about me is that I was born and raised in China, and I had just moved to the United States about 7 year ago. One big reason why I chose International Business as a major is that I do want to take advantage of my bicultural, bilingual background and my personal interest in the field of Business/Marketing and hopefully be able to create value to my future employers. Since December of this year, I have been hunting for that "perfect" internship. You know, one that will provide me with a great learning experience and help me get that much closer to my future career goals. Just about a month ago, as I was just surfing on the internet (still looking for that internship), I came across the Naperville Cultural Center's website and saw the help wanted advertisement for a volunteer marketing assistant. I was immediately interested. So, I stopped by the cultural center and had spoken to Will (another wonderful volunteer here, whom just left us because he had just graduated from North Central College). After talking to Will about his experience working here at the cultural center, I was extremely excited that I had finally found that "perfect" internship! I mean, what more can I ask for? The job included various aspects of marketing, communications, accounting (...which I still need some work on), and to top it all off, the volunteers get to work in a multi-cultural atmosphere. So, after meeting with the amazing Michelle LeBlanc (by the way, I am still shocked until this day of how she single handedly started the Naperville Cultural Center, she must be the present day super-woman), here I am - the new intern at the Naperville Cultural Center! Not only will this look absolutely amazing on my resume, but I also feel like I have learned more in the past 3 weeks of working here than I have in 4 years of high school plus 2 years of college! (okay okay... maybe that was an exaggeration, but I am learning a ton about all aspects of running a business.) Anyway, I am so happy that I found this wonderful opportunity!

Until next time,
Xiaowen Sabaj