Internship Placement: Black Hills Community Loan Fund (Rapid City, South Dakota)
School: Oglala Lakota College (Rapid City, South Dakota)
My name is Nikkole and I am an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. I am graduating this spring from Oglala Lakota College with my Bachelors in Business Administration emphasizing in Management. I am a co-founder of a youth empowerment non-profit. We work with adolescent girls on self-esteem, healthy relationships, financial literacy and holistic healing. This internship will create community partnerships, help develop our curriculum and expand my knowledge on CDFI’s.