Storyteller: They Speak, I Listen

Authors

Sara M. V. Garcia, Boise State UniversityFollow

Date

Spring 2023

Type of Culminating Activity

Student research paper

Abstract

Since February of 2022, I have been an intern working at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho. Throughout the museum, there are books and binders everywhere that feature individual stories from veterans of World War I, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and even stories from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. As an intern, I was able to make these binders and put them together. I was given letters, photos, documents, journals and more and it feels like these veterans are talking to me and telling me their stories. I would not have known about this internship if it had not been for reaching out to the Internship Coordinator at Boise State University. I wanted to inspire more students to intern and volunteer at the Warhawk Air Museum so that the knowledge, the stories and the history can be shared for generations to come. I wrote a book about my time as an intern and about some of the projects I have worked on so that future interns can learn about what they could be doing and why the Warhawk is a great place to learn and grow.

Degree Program

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Professional Studies

Mentors

Margaret Sass, J.D., Ed.D.