Broadening Her Horizons – University of Maryland Athletics

Francesca Feodorov and Julia Garcia are two student-athletes who have interned with My Heart’s Home in collaboration with Maryland Made’s InTERPship Academy. Wiederlight says partnering with her alma mater has made her proud. 

“Both interns are brilliant and very hard-working,” she said. “I felt like we have something in common being athletes at Maryland and understanding that hard work isn’t limited to just sports. You also have to work hard in the classroom and at your job. That’s just kind of who Maryland athletes are. We just persevere, and we get things done. I definitely saw that discipline in the athletes.” 

Feodorov is a senior on Maryland’s tennis team and an international student from Romania studying finance. Over the summer, she interned with My Heart’s Home as a Program Development Assistant, assisting with grant funding, financial collaboration for the organization and more. Feodorov was such an asset that Wiederlight extended her internship into the fall semester. 

“For most people, me included, whenever you think about a job in finance, you think about Wall Street, people sitting at a desk and powerful people discussing powerful companies with lots of money,” Feodorov said. “I don’t feel like many people think about the aspects of finance actually being able to help individual people and make an impact on a smaller level. This internship really broadened my horizons about how you could actually do that, and finance could be one of those jobs in which you make an impact.”