Alison Cheperdak

I've been teaching the White House interns since the beginning of the second term.

And it was a pretty natural fit because I was already teaching kind of all over Washington at the U.S.

Congress, Harvard Law School, like lots of universities.

And I have a lot of friends that are back there that worked in the first term.

So I was asked if I could help with their orientation process.

many folks.

They really do a phenomenal job of bringing in a lot of cabinet members and other leaders within the White House and other parts of the administration to meet with the interns.

And it's a program that they take seriously where a lot of people who intern there become full-time employees.

So I've been doing that for some time and I haven't shared too much about it until now, mostly because I didn't want it to be a distraction.

Because I think sometimes people can forget that, well, I just think when you talk about politics, especially in social media, things can be misinterpreted pretty easily.

But I have a book coming out soon, and it's something that I'm proud of.

The fact that I have worked at the White House in this capacity, and it felt like the right time.

Well, I've seen this at the White House, but I've also seen this everywhere.

I think it happens everywhere is when people have this misconception that only the people in power are the ones that they should be giving their best to and forgetting about everybody else.

And it's really not a good look and people notice it.

And so that would be my biggest advice, whether it's the receptionist or the managing partner or whomever you're working with, everyone is

deserving of respect and so people really see through that and then another thing that I think is really important especially when you're working in a place like the White House or other places when you're maybe a junior person and there's all these opportunities that are available to you you want to make sure that you're doing whatever work you are assigned really really well before you ask to do something cool that's kind of beyond the scope of your role but is an opportunity that's afforded to you.

Yeah

Oh, my gosh.

I would say so many people.