Intern Bios

Interns

Aviva Buechler, Clubs Intern

Aviva Buechler is a junior at Barnard College majoring in history, with a concentration in wars, revolutions, and social changes (super fun!). She comes from the exotic island, also known as Long Island, where the animals run free and farms exist every two miles. Aviva is a huge fan of the TV show Friends (and sometimes thinks that it’s still airing) and has become a major enthusiast of Lost and NCIS. She loves listening to Pandora, and may have to buy more hours per month, and also enjoys baking chocolate chip cookies! Her secret obsession is spotting celebrities and loves finding people at events and around New York City. Her passion is for volunteering and making the world better each day, which makes Do Something a fantastic organization to be at! At Do Something, Aviva is the Clubs & Outreach Intern and loves receiving club applications from teens who want to make a difference!

Chandra Russell, Business Development Intern

Chandra Russell is a theater major at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is a senior, and anxiously awaiting her graduation. She is excited to be a starving artist in NYC and has no desire to spend another minute in a classroom (Message to the kids-education really is super important). She is a ridiculously proud Chicagoan and is obsessed with the Bulls. Chandra loves children because they’re honest, hates littering because it’s rude, laughs often and loudly because it’s necessary, and thinks everyone should write at least one poem in their life. Her family is her rock and she reps for them in everything she does. She adores all things Hip Hop and will probably marry a rapper (fingers crossed Common or Andre Benjamin). Don’t take what they give you, take what you want – Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)…. Learn it, live it, love it.

Dennis Mihalsky, Communications Intern

Dennis Mihalsky is a junior at Pace University majoring in Communications. He is a bi coastal kid, born and raised in Southern California. And no, he does not have blond hair, know how to surf or live next door to a celebrity. In fact, he has black hair, is scared of the ocean and lives two houses down from a celebrity. You can find him either in a tanning bed or in a spinning class...maybe even teaching the class! (If your gym needs spinning teachers let him know!) His ultimate goal in life is to be a press secretary for the President of the United States or be a publicist for Lady Gaga. The best circumstance is she runs for president and both his goals come together as one. One can only hope!

Esmeralda “Esme” Baltazar, Grants Intern

Esme is a born and raised San Antonio Spurs Fan and more recently has become a Jets fan due to this year’s new quarterback who hails from the Southwestern part of the U.S., where she is from. For her undergraduate studies she majored in Art Education in Chicago, a place she misses and hopes to visit soon. Esme moved to the New York area in 2008 to attend school at NYU. She will be graduating this semester with a Masters in Education Leadership, Politics and Advocacy. As the Do Something Grants Intern, she is excited to be working on content for the social action boot camp section of the website, because it gives her the opportunity to share her knowledge of starting a youth-led non-profit organization, The Crib Collective. She hopes to one day expand the work of The Crib Collective.

Hannah Lyons, CGG Intern

Hannah Lyons is a proud native New Yorker and is (finally!) a senior at The New School University, where she’s an urban studies major. Last semester she was in Australia, where she saw both koalas and kangaroos in the wild, and she’s figuring out how to move back asap. She prides herself on her eclectic resume – she’s been an assistant to a clothing designer, worked in kitten adoptions at an animal shelter, been the office manager at the world Scrabble headquarters, and spent a few summers baking for an organic café. She’s an unapologetic vegan, environmentalist, and Hello Kitty fan, and in her free time she visits historic homes, convinces herself she likes running, and collects vintage jewelry.

John Kultgen, Content Intern

That's "executive intern" as one Board Member called him. John graduated from NYU where he studied politics, literature, and music. After working in several media departments and roaming the country in a childen's theater troupe, he is thrilled to help spread the Do Something message. Born to a family of political activists and Hollywood insiders, he is naturally very affected by art, and loves to promote education, social justice and voter registration! John swears he only watches Gossip Girl for the New York references, and invites anyone to join his book club The Noveltrons.

Steven Rubin, Development Intern

Steven Rubin hails from the streets of the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was born in NYC and has only left the city a handful of times because it’s by far the best city in the world…hands down. He loves playing poker and fantasy football and listening to rap music. 8 mile was life altering. He has four roommates in his dorm room, all of whom are completely out of their mind so he will most likely be spending late nights in the office. He doesn't know how to bake or cook as well as his predecessor but he does know of good bakeries in the area and is fond of the Entenmann's brand. He bleeds blue and orange for the Mets (prior to swine flu taking over the team) and Knicks (when they were actually good). He is a sophomore at NYU, studying psychology. He eats French toast on Yom Kippur and goes to Shabbat every Friday for the free food. He is thrilled to be a part of the Do Something team!!!