08/23/2026
UMSI Summer Internship Spotlight ☀️ “There is no single path to Google, nor is there a single journey once you are a part of this company,” says Micaela Ciambrone (MSI ’27). How did she discover this? She made the journey herself, spending the season as a UX research intern with Google’s Search team in NYC.
While helping to shape the future of AI search, Micaela has been surrounded by welcoming, supportive professionals eager to see her succeed. “Even the senior leaders on my team consistently make time to meet with me, provide feedback on my work, and show that they are truly invested in what I am doing and how they can help me grow,” she says.
UMSI played a direct role in getting her to Google this summer — specifically, Micaela calls out a mock interview with Krystle Forbes, UMSI’s associate director of career development. “She provided incredibly helpful tips on how I should sell and present myself,” Micaela says. “Krystle pushed me to not fixate on hitting all of the points I had prepped, but to stay true to myself and give my interviewers a genuine sense of who I was as a person. That advice really helped me succeed and approach the interview as a conversation rather than an overly rehearsed recitation of my resume.”
Follow along through the rest of the summer as we spotlight more UMSI interns putting their information skills to work.