Housing Development Internship Program
The 2022/23 HDIP Cohort
This group of driven students from across King County join our Housing Development Internship Program (HDIP) for the 2022-2023 school year.
Filly Dawit (he/him)
University of Washington, Studying Pre-Science
Class of 2025
Host Agency: King County Housing Authority
“I am very excited to get in touch with the community and think critically about the projects that I will be working on.”
Gloria Gonzalez-Zapata (she/her/ella)
University of Washington, Master of Public Administration
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Washington State Housing Finance Commission
“I look forward to learning more about what it means to provide affordable and equitable housing. I also look forward to learning about stakeholder engagement in the housing development process.”
Chris Govella (he/him)
University of Washington, Master of Science in Real Estate
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Community Roots Housing
“This year, I am looking forward to learning about how they (CRH) work to provide and preserve affordable housing with community. I am excited to review their portfolio and draft a scorecard for their real estate initiatives.”
Amar Halaweh (she/her)
University of Washington, Major: Real Estate, Minor: Business Administration
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Beacon Development Group
“I hope to learn about every step of the affordable housing development process. I’m excited to see the difference our projects make.“
Zubda Hameed (she/her)
University of Washington, Master of Public Administration
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Washington State Housing Finance Commission
“I am looking forward to working in WSHFC as it offers me the platform to learn with diverse and talented people, with the same goal of inclusive community growth. I hope to learn technical and administrative details for the successful progression of a public development project.“
Kezia Modica (she/her)
Seattle University, Major: Economics and Management, Minor: Entrepreneurship
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Lotus Development Partners LLC
“I am looking forward to being an intern at Lotus Development Partners, LLC because I want to help the process in decreasing the crisis of homelessness in our community by assisting in optimal financial planning that will help the community in finding homes.”
Jia Yang (she/her)
University of Washington, Majors: Real Estate and Economics
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Chief Seattle Club
“I am looking forward to learning the fundamentals of building affordable housing and the key steps in affordable housing development, especially in the situations like these days with supply chain and labor strikes issues.”
Alaine Ziegenhagel (she/her)
University of Washington, Majors: Real Estate and Cinema & Media Studies
Class of 2023
Host Agency: Plymouth Housing
“I’m really looking forward to joining Plymouth Housing and having the opportunity to learn about how I can help my community when it comes to affordable housing.”
