>> My name is Omar Eaton-Martinez, and I work as the Intern and Fellows Program Manager
at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The museum has been around since 1964.
It actually existed as the National Museum of the History of Science and Technology.
Then in 1980 we had a visionary director by the name of Roger Kennedy, who transformed it
to the National Museum of American History.
What I do essentially is I recruit students for internships in our spring, summer,
and fall session, which essentially takes us our whole year.
I also help place them, once they apply, with our staff, based on the needs of the staff,
based on the learning objectives of the students that apply.
I also manage the Fellows program, which actually comes through our central office.
And then once they apply and they get placed in our unit, then we take --
or my office takes over the administrative duties, making sure we onboard them,
making sure they have a connection with their adviser
and access the collections they'll be researching.
I'm an -- e-mail-aholic, so I have to check my e-mail,
make sure that everybody's questions are answered.
I get questions from staff about internship projects and intern --
getting interns to support their -- their work and their projects.
I get questions for prospective students who want to come in
and be interns for the Smithsonian.
And also we reach out a lot to partnering with schools, like University of Maryland,
College Park, and others, to create sustainable relationship between our two institutions.