The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP), created by the National Park Service (NPS) and administered in partnership with Environment for the Americas(EFTA), is designed to provide internship opportunities to young adults in diverse professional fields in the National Park Service. The program helps raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility, and the need for the Latino community’s involvement in their preservation and in meaningful and relevant science-based internships.

For this purpose, highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students will be selected to work alongside NPS historians, interpreters, archaeologists, architects, researchers, biologists, communicators, and other professionals in different national parks, offices, and historical sites throughout the nation. Students will have substantive assignments in their areas of study, work closely with NPS staff day-to-day, and receive additional mentoring and support through the program partners.

Eligibility

• Age 18 to 30 inclusive, and military veterans up to age 35 or younger
• Possess US citizenship or permanent residence
• Have a serious interest or relevant experience in areas pertaining to, but not limited to, history, historic preservation, museum studies, archaeology, cultural interpretation, landscape architecture, interpretation, wildlife, conservation, and other fields