It's the dawning of a new era...

Hi, my name is Skye Mike and I am a junior working on my Bachelor's degree in Public Service Public Policy at Arizona State University. After I graduate I do plan on pursuing my MPA which may take me out of the state of Arizona for this next step in my educational advancements. I am of Mohave and Chemehuevi descent and an enrolled member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes located in Parker, AZ. I have the privilege of being apart of the Native American Management Internship at the Town of Gilbert working in the Intergovernmental Relations department. Ultimately I hope to use everything I obtain through my internship to better hone my skills for my professional career.

For my PAF 484 Internship course I have been given the task of creating a blog and I have objectives I must complete to get credit for my internship, which as I mentioned is at the Town of Gilbert Intergovernmental Relations department.

Three things I hope to get out of my internship are:

• First I hope to learn the skill of effective communication, and I feel I am in the best hands to do so. The Intergovernmental Relations team here at the Town of Gilbert are amazing individuals and I know I will learn a lot from them.
• Another skill set I hope to learn is networking. and to be able to utilize this resource well enough to work a crowd and make some connections that may become beneficial later in my career.

• Finally I hope to learn to become an effective Intergovernmental Relations team member, they work with all aspects of local, state, and federal government. And do a lot of the behind the scenes work along with lobbying.

And through observation and hard work I hope to learn all these skills that will be valuable to me for use back home on my reservation with tribal relations of government-to-government activity.