Baltimore Area Interns 2025

The National Park Service collaborates with many organizations to offer onsite and remote internship and fellowship opportunities. Interns gain work experience and find their passions, all while helping to preserve and protect our nation’s natural and cultural resources.

The 2025 group of interns at the Baltimore area National Parks have helped rangers protect the landscapes, stories, and communities that shape our shared past and future.

Miriam, Greening Youth intern, meets with people in the local community to make connections

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Miriam, Decendent Engagement Intern

Miriam works as our Descendant Engagement Intern, with the intention of engaging with the descendants of the formerly enslaved at Hampton National Historic Site. She is responsible for reaching out to descendant communities to increase communication and trust with the National Park Service, and brainstorming new ways to include them in Hampton's events and programming. Currently, she is working on an exhibit in celebration of America's 250th anniversary, in which she hopes to highlights the legacies and impacts of the formerly enslaved and their descendants.

Miriam is a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy. Miriam is deeply interested in conservation biology and environmental history, and from a young age has been involved with the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation in its mission to increase awareness of Black maritime history in the Chesapeake Bay. Her future aspirations include studying the intersectionality between environmental and racial issues in Maryland, and involving local communities in environmental and cultural stewardship projects.

Madison in the field at Hampton National Historic Site

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Madison, American Conservation Experience Intern

Madison is on of our interns with American Conservation Experiance (ACE), she is part of the Landscape Stewardship Corp.

Madison is originally from Georgia but has been working and interning in several NPS units since 2024. She is passionate about maintaining and preserving cultural and natural resources for generations to enjoy in the future. Her favorite part about being a landscape steward is being able to learn hands on about the diverse landscape and plants in the area under the guidance of the park’s horticulturalist, Jimmy Hogan. She also has enjoyed learning how to operate equipment like skid-steers, tractors, and other machinery. So far, her favorite project has been planting the cornfield on the farm at Hampton.

Silas installing a deer guard on a young tree at Hampton National Historic Site.

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Silas, American Conservation Experience Intern

"I'm so proud to be an affiliate of the National Park Service through the Traditional Trades Advancement Program Landscape Stewardship Corps."

Growing up in rural eastern North Carolina, Silas's parents instilled in him a love of parks, nature and history from a very early age and he found it gratifying to contribute to this public service he holds in such high regard. He has a journalism degree from Appalachian State University and most of his post-college professional experience is in that field, so he is really happy this internship gave him the perfect chance to grow his skillset in this field. Working with the full-time NPS staff at Hampton and Fort McHenry on a daily basis allows him to forge impactful relationships, learn about the different career avenues within the NPS and inspires him to try to find his.

Tim working in the on-site woodshop at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.

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Tim, Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program Intern

Tim was born in Washington DC and raised in Maryland, where he developed a passion for conservation work at a young age. Growing up, he enjoyed playing football, basketball, and gaming, which remain his favorite hobbies. After graduating from Roosevelt High School in 2020, he pursued an internship with the Student Conservation Association, focusing on historic preservation.

In the summer of 2024, he had the opportunity to work at four national parks, which deepened his interest in this field and led him to apply for the National Park Service's Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program (TTAP). Currently, he works with the preservation crew at Fort McHenry NM&HS and Hampton NHS. His duties consist of working with the preservation team on carpentry, masonry, woodworking, and finishes. He has also worked on cannon carriage restoration, water battery repairs, star fort porches, cemetery cleanings. He says this experience has been incredibly rewarding, and he aspires to build a career in historic preservation within the NPS. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, working out, and enjoying nature.

Salena painting cemetery gate at Hampton National Historic Site.

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Salena, Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program Intern

Salena is from Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Baltimore after making the decision to shift from working in economic development to the field of historic preservation. She became interested in the trades while completing renovations for her childhood home in Birmingham and chose historic preservation as a career field because of a passion for the preservation and growth of historic industrial cities, neighborhoods and researching lesser-known histories. Salena learned about Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program (TTAP) intern while searching for opportunities within the National Park Service for young people interested in historic preservation work.

Her favorite part about being a TTAP intern at Fort McHenry is learning how to perform preservation treatments and repairs on historic buildings - for example, reglazing historic windows and completing repairs on the historic Star Fort. She works with the preservation team on carpentry, masonry, woodworking, and finishes. Other projects she has helped with include cannon carriage restoration, water battery repairs, star fort porches, cemetery cleanings and cemetery gate painting.

Anna during one of the weekly sewing workshops.

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Anna, Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps

Our Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps member Anna is wrapping up her year at Fort McHenry soon. She joined us after majoring in plant science and minoring in business entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, College Park, and she has a passion for environmental conservation, art, and sustainable clothing design and production. Throughout her year with us, Anna has supported our parks climate action plan by leading the staff green team, advancing projects like updating our recycling program, HVAC and lighting efficiency, educating visitors, and designing native pollinator gardens for our visitor’s center.

Her capstone project focuses on improving the sustainability and ethical practices within our textile and ranger uniform supply chain. She developed weekly sewing workshops for the Fort McHenry Living History program to teach mending techniques and sew modern versions of historical revolutionary war soldier uniforms. You can see these hand sewn linen hunting frocks in person from Thursdays-Sundays at our various living history demonstrations. Additionally, she completed a research project evaluating the supply chain of our classic green and grey ranger uniforms. Anna’s research on uniform production, interviews with industry professionals, and surveys on uniformed employee experience improve communication between employees and program leaders and support actionable recommendations to make this program more efficient.