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Marius Wong Ah Sun (center) with Leon Panetta, chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of defense (right) and Sylvia Panetta, co-chair and CEO, Panetta Institute for Public Policy. Wong Ah Sun was a 2025 Panetta Institute for Public Policy Congressional Intern.
December 12, 2025

Marius Wong Ah Sun envisioned a career teaching English, but his experience in the Panetta Institute for Public Policy Congressional Internship pointed him towards law school and “not to run away from what I actually love doing,” he said.

Veronica Wilson
December 11, 2023

“Thanks to this internship, I understand our government so much more, and I understand the importance of bipartisanship and working together,” said Veronica Wilson. “If there is one thing I will take away from this internship, is the importance of being selfless and being able to work with others.”

Danielle Penn
May 3, 2023

Danielle Penn became interested in being a Panetta intern in her goal to become a lawyer and working in public policy.

February 19, 2018

The CSUSB political science major was selected to be part of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s prestigious Congressional Internship Program.

April 9, 2018

Jeff Bongga, who is double majoring in political science and geography and environmental sciences, has been selected by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy to serve in its prestigious congressional internship program.

June 14, 2019

Claudia Castaneda has been selected by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy to serve in its prestigious congressional internship.