Amos Campf ’25 and Anna McMillan ’25
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia

Amos Campf ’25 and Anna McMillan ’25 spent their externship navigating the complex machinery of Congress, interning with U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. For both seniors and West Virginia natives, the experience was more than a résumé builder — it was a transformative lesson in civics, communication, and the importance of compromise. Their duties ranged from giving Capitol tours to attending high-stakes hearings. McMillan found the challenge working for a Republican senator whose views often diverged from her own enlightening. “Being surrounded by people who think differently expanded my understanding of different issues.” Campf found the experience similarly eye-opening: “Working with Senator Capito was wonderfully informative and intriguing,” he said. “I gained a more detailed understanding of political institutions and interactions between those agencies and the American people.”

Sophia Appiah '25
Mayor of Alexandria's Office

Sophia Appiah’s first day on the job in Alexandria City Hall did not consist of a slow onboarding experience — in fact, it was the exact opposite. “The mayor [Alyia Gaskins] just walked in the office and said, ‘Come on, we have to go,’” Appiah recalled. “I had no idea what I was walking into, but I just started taking notes.”

On that fateful first day, Appiah attended a discussion about an ongoing city plan, where a range of perspectives were shared. She learned that “it takes a lot of different perspectives to move something forward” in local government. Despite having a roomful of people who might not agree, “the fact that they are working toward a common goal provides alternate perspectives and ultimately enhances the final product.”

Throughout her externship, Appiah worked closely with the mayor and her staff, contributing to public outreach efforts, from summarizing key events for Gaskins’ newsletter to designing slides for the city’s Youth Forum event. 

Davian King ’25
Building Momentum 

Standout science student Davian King was bound to make an impact wherever he externed. He chose Building Momentum, a veteran-owned business that provides engineering consulting, technology development, and training to defense, education, and corporate organizations. He spent most of his time with the educational sector, helping introduce young people to the world of engineering. 

King assisted with hands-on sessions for elementary school students, high schoolers, and disconnected youth, guiding them through activities like drone coding and welding. Throughout his externship, King said he gave as much as he gained — especially with the younger kids. “I like working with kids,” King reflected. “They are just positive all the time. I feel like they’re more curious.”

Lawson Marshall ’25
Whitmer & Worrall

During his externship, Lawson Marshall continued to explore his love of history that began in Episcopal’s Watch Office elective, which simulates the operation of the foreign policy wing of the United States government. During his externship at Whitmer & Worrall, a bipartisan government relations and consulting firm in D.C., Marshall watched congressional hearings, wrote detailed reports on those hearings, and got a firsthand look at the complexities of the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and the White House. Despite being the only intern, he did not feel out of place — mostly thanks to soft skills he cultivated at Episcopal. “I learned that being sociable and having people skills is one of the biggest things about being successful,” he said. “EHS did a great job preparing me for that.”

Sydney Bouchard ’25
D.C. Superior Court

As co-founder of the Legal Club and avid fan of Stefanie Smith’s Introduction to Constitutional Law class, Sydney Bouchard was made for her externship shadowing the Honorable Errol R. Arthur at the D.C. Superior Court. During her first week, Bouchard sat in on hearings at the courtroom secretary desk. From misdemeanor updates to plea hearings, she heard many criminal cases, averaging around 30 cases in a single day. Of everything she witnessed, what stood out to her the most was the jury selection process. Bouchard enjoyed seeing how attorneys evaluate potential jurors. “Sometimes I would take notes on one and think they would be a good juror for this case, but then the lawyers would rule them out,” Bouchard said, learning what made for a strong jury as her externship progressed.

Arhip Dmitriev ’25, Allison Lee ’25, David Song ’25, And Ava Qin ’25
QNAP

Seniors Arhip Dmitriev, Allison Lee, David Song, And Ava Qin spent their senior May externing at QNAP, a Taiwan-based tech company specializing in network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. Over the course of their externship, they learned about storage systems, coding, app development, and most importantly, collaboration.

Each extern was assigned their own NAS unit, and was given the task of building a new application that could run on the system after learning the basics. “They already have so many apps built in — like file organizers, remote access, and even a video editor,” said Qin. “It was hard to come up with something they didn’t already offer.”

The foursome leaned on each other — one of the most valuable lessons they learned on the job. “Arhip is more on the practical side, so he’s doing more practical projects while I’m doing more of the theoretical algorithm stuff,” said Song, showing how they learned to amplify their individual strengths to yield better results. They also learned  the importance of asking for help from peers.

“In my computer science class last year, we did a lot of collaborative work,” Lee said. “I think that I have been mirroring that experience at my externship. It was always the four of us talking about it and asking each other for help.”
 

Sarah Rae Kim ’25
Inova Alexandria Hospital

As her peers dressed in business casual attire for their externships, standout biology student Sarah Rae Kim ’25 suited up in scrubs every day to shadow a local OB-GYN at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Alternating between Inova Alexandria Hospital and the office, Kim followed the doctor through her busy schedule, seeing around 15 patients each day. She observed C-sections, IUD placements and removals, and many examinations, gaining rare insight into the medical field so early in her professional journey.