Student Grows Through AdventHealth Internship

Growing up in Russia in a missionary family and as a daughter of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, Sofiia Ialysheva always dreamed of attending an Adventist university.

After living in the Philippines for five years, that dream expanded to finding an Adventist university in the U.S. When the time came, she applied and was accepted to Andrews University to study business administration with an emphasis in finance.

Although she enjoyed her classes and the friendships she made, Ialysheva struggled to decide what she might do after graduation. Talking to friends who were upperclassmen, she heard about the AdventHealth internship program. “One of my friends had just completed an internship at AdventHealth in Chicago,” said Ialysheva. “Seeing her photos and hearing her experience, it seemed like she had the best time ever.”

Propelled by the positive experience of her friends, she applied to the internship program when AdventHealth representatives came to visit. In hearing the representatives speak about the organization, Ialysheva felt a connection to what they shared.

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