An Irish J1 intern reflects on an American voyage of discovery

Rebecca Dermody reflects upon a personally rewarding year in the United States on the J1 Internship visa

Rebecca Dermody, who completed a year on a J1 Internship visa, splitting the year between the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia and the SoHo Playhouse in New York.

Going into your final year of college and wondering what to do next? Coming up to the end of my Master's degree in 2024,  I was trying to answer that question.

One day, I came across a mass email from my college exploring the J1 internship visa programme. Ok, that feels like a plan.