I've always been fascinated by travel.
You get to meet new people.
If I didn't have this job I'd be at home doing chores.
We really just want people that
are just so passionate, hungry that have that drive, curiosity.
Hi my name is Erica Gordon,
I'm 16 years old, I'm an intern at SFO and I work in food services.
Hey! I work as a hostess in Farmer Brown restaurant.
Hi my name is Yulia Alcaraz. I am 17 years old and I am an
intern at SFO with guest services.
Hello my name is Juan Nunez. I'm 21 years old and I work
for passenger services and I work at dispatching.
I also assist wheelchair agents.
We're heading to gate 90
I'm Ivar Satero and I started out as an intern with the City and County of San
Francisco and now I'm Airport director. We see our interns important for the
future success of our Airport and everyone has to start somewhere.
I first started out by signing up for Opportunities for All.
Opportunities for All is the Mayor's initiative
focused on paid internships for high school and
transitional age youth up to age 24 really trying to address issues of equity and
making sure that everybody has access
and an opportunity to kind of build their skills.
I have six younger brothers, a younger sister on the way.
Although my house is really packed, I said like I'm really blessed because my mom
can take care of all her children and I feel like with this job I'm showing her
that I have the capability to be strong and powerful like she is.
There's a lot of workshops to help with resumes, to help with a LinkedIn, we even got
an aviation field tour. It was really fascinating.
If I get over my fear of flying I'd like to be a flight attendant.
Julie is perfect as a guest services
ambassador. She uses her language skills
to help Spanish speaker passengers.
It opens up their mind to the aviation
industry and we're just so happy that Alaska Airlines is committed to folks in
this career path.
SFO has a huge infrastructure that most people don't
know about. It's a little mini city. There's plumbers, electricians, carpenters,
facility managers, it's definitely eye-opening for some of
them to realize that there's more than just a ticket agent and an airline pilot.
Working here has provided many experiences for my future career as a
police officer. My dream job is to become a detective.
Juan is one of our stars.
Within two weeks that he was on-boarded, he was promoted.
When she first started I had no idea
she was an intern. She hopped right onto the floor, she started bussing
tables, she started seating guests.
Being an intern at SFO has provided me with the
social skills. It has helped me financially. I see this as something
really good to put on my resume. I see this as something that will get the
trust of other people; I'll make more companies want to hire me and they'll
see how hard I work.
Someday if Erika would love to come back I was I would
greatly love to hire her.
Being an intern at SFO has provided me with confidence.
I met with an Alaska rep and it just sparked something in me.
[so how do you feel?]
Excited! You know, the sky's the limit!
Juan Nunez, nice to meet you. I used to be the captain at the academy.
Would you be interested in doing a tour one day?
Yeah, of course I would.
So if at any time you need any
guidance or support, I'd be more than happy to offer that to you.
I'm in shock right now.
San Francisco Airport is shining a light on this incredible
program and I am so excited and proud of the work that they are doing and will
continue to do to make sure that we enrich the lives
of young people all over San Francisco.