The SikhLEAD Summer 2018 Internships are underway! Each week we will share the story of one of our interns in the Spotlight and you can meet them and hear about their experience. This week we are spotlighting Kiran Kaur Ahluwalia. Kiran is interning in the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein from California. Here is what she had to say about her experience:
My name is Kiran Ahluwalia, I’m originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, and I am studying International Relations at American University in Washington DC.
What is the most memorable experience from your internship?
The most memorable experience was getting to sit in on a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Building, regarding the FBI and James Comey and their involvement in the 2016 general election, according to the Office of the Inspector General report. The Inspector General and the Director of the FBI both gave testimony and answered questions from the committee. I saw both Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Kamala Harris give lines of questioning and it was simply an incredible moment knowing that history was being made. An election like the one 2016 was unprecedented as well as all investigations following it, and I felt so privileged to be in the room that day.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years, and how do you think this internship may help you get there?
In ten years, I hope to be practicing civil rights law ideally back in California. I have wanted to go to law school since I was 13, and I came to DC for the SikhLEAD program to work on the Hill and to better explore potential avenues I could take with a Juris Doctorate. I think it was absolutely worthwhile and I could definitely see myself returning to the Hill in the future.
What is your favorite television show?
The West Wing
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