Q&A

Malcolm Thomas
Taken by: Ashley Brown

• Malcolm Thomas
• 21 years old
• Electronic media/mass communications major
• Student/ Senior/ undergrad
• m_t175@txstate.edu

" I studied in America. I did a national exchange program within the U.S. I did it in New York at Queens College just last year. Then, I had an internship there at Half Yard Productions. Now I have an internship at the Texas Film Commission in Austin."

"I wanted to get hands-on experience. I took away mainly everything that has to do with production. pre-production, post-production."


"Maybe Texas State should help the students out more by making the students more aware of the opportunities that are available in Austin and San Antonio. Mainly those areas because those are the closest to Texas State."

"They can get the chance to learn outside of the classroom."

" It's time-consuming."

Kathia Avilez
Taken by: Ashley Brown

• Kathia Avilez
• 22 years old
• Hispanic/ Latino
• Public Relations/ Mass Communications major
• student/ senior/ undergrad
• k_a70@txstate.edu

"I did one where I worked for Cru. It's a campus ministry. In California and I worked on their social media team."

"I wanted to get more experience somewhere else."

"I think bringing more awareness. I would even set up a tent in the quad. A lot of people are afraid to ask and they don't know of the resources availible. So definitely go out of your way to advertise it."

"You can learn a lot more hands-on as opposed to just sitting in a classroom and like being taught the specific topic."

"I think the downside would be the requirements maybe. The competition is pretty fierce. And so maybe people don't apply because they're scared they're not going to get accepted."

Lilly Montemayor
Taken by: Ashley Brown

• Lilly Montemayor
• 18 years old
• Anglo/Hispanic
• Communication Studies major
• student/ freshmen/ undergrad
• L_m25@txstate.edu

"I've gone to a law school study program when I was a sophomore, but I've never done a study abroad program or internship."

"Yes [I would like too]"

"I feel like there could be more visibility around it, like where to sign up, who to talk too, who runs it like you know, just general information."

"Could learn more cultural perspective."

"Only thing I could think of right now could be cost because it's not easy to pay for it. But if you got a good scholarship, like there are more scholarships available that could be cool.