Sisters In Washington D.C.!

This week, two of our successful sisters met up in the nation’s capital! Following her dreams to help those who serve our country, Caira Everly is spending her summer in Washington D.C. as an intern for the U.S. Department of Defense; which means she gets to work at the Pentagon! Alex Zins, one of our newest alumna, recently began working as a consultant at the prestigious Deloitte Consulting Firm in the District of Columbia. Caira was able to give Alex a tour of the Pentagon, including the different Corridors and the center court yard, which is the one of the largest no hat, no salute zones in the continental United States.

 Fun fact: There are six different zip codes assigned to the Pentagon: the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and each of the four service branches have their own. And even though the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense is actually located in Arlington County, Virginia its postal address is Washington D.C.

Sister Spotlight: Cori T.

Florida boasts the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States—St. Augustine. And our sister, Cori Talbot, is lucky enough to live in this charming city, so rich in history! 

She is working at Café Alcazar, located in what used to be called the Alcazar Hotel and Casino and is now the Lightner Museum. It was built in 1888 by Henry Flagler; and used to be the location of the world’s largest indoor swimming pool! 

We’re also proud of all the hard work Cori is doing at her internship as a Congressional/Legislative Liaison for the City of St. Augustine 450^th Commemoration. She is helping to plan events for the city’s 450^th birthday in 2015, the civil rights 50^th anniversary in 2014, and Florida’s 500^th birthday in 2013. You can see Cori, pictured above, on an 18^th century replica ship, El Galeón, which she helped to bring to St. Augustine by working with Spanish representatives in order to celebrate the city’s heritage.