Student Volunteer: Angelique Caballero Yang
CUE NOTES:
Angelique served as a volunteer with CUE from May to June 2026, supporting the scriptwriting process for the Becoming Lab. In this role, she established a student review board at YCIS Pudong (Yew Chung International School of Shanghai) and facilitated their evaluation of CUE’s scripts. Angelique is a student at YCIS, a former student council co-president and media executive director, now heading into biomedical engineering with a heart for community and service for her undergraduate studies.
The objectives of her volunteer work were threefold:
(1) To collect student feedback by prompting discussions with questions about overall impressions, intellectual/emotional/personal resonance, and the elements that stood out most.
(2) To provide CUE with valuable insight into student perspectives, ensuring that once the scripts are animated, the narratives and key messages authentically speak to young audiences.
(3) To ensure that student voices remain central to the development of our programs.
We extend our sincere thanks to Angelique for her unwavering dedication, professional conduct, and meticulous commitment to this surveying process.
At the end of the internship, looking back, I’m relieved it went so smoothly. Despite squishing this internship block amidst my graduation and graduation trip and various other commitments, I was determined to go through with it. Having gotten to know Xixi from the Thrive Tribe presentations, I was excited about beginning my first internship after exams. After receiving a detailed report from Xixi about what I should do during the internship, it helped set a clear map in my head of what I needed to do.
IMAGE: Students discussing scripts with snacks.
The first two days consisted of me getting to know the CUE, the scripts and beginning to collect students willing to participate in the script reviewing process. As I gained a deeper understanding of my role, I began to become more invested in the internship. It isn’t every day that you get to see the behind-the-scenes for an educational video you usually see in school, much less help to improve it. It never really occurred to me that these educational videos were targeted towards students, as it mostly felt like a required step that teachers had to take in completing the curriculum. As a result, I was determined (as much as I could be after final exams) to develop these scripts so other students would be able to genuinely learn and enjoy educational videos.
IMAGE #1: Notes from student’s script review; IMAGE #2: First script reviewing session with pizza for lunch
The first day of the script reviewing process was very fun. I was unsure about the responses I would receive from the scripts and was afraid it would be quite a dull process. Luckily, most of the students participating in the script-reviewing process/ focus group were my friends, so naturally, it was very comfortable for everyone to speak up about their true opinions on the script. Several students were also able to provide very nuanced opinions on improvements that could be done on the scripts. We were also able to delve deeper into our own experiences as TCKs and international students.
IMAGE #1: Students reading and discussing the scripts; IMAGE #2: View of YCIS Pudong campus
Overall, this was a very educational experience. Through being part of the reviewing process, I was also able to learn from the scripts and use others’ advice to see how the scripts could be improved.At the same time, I noted that not every student expressed the same amount of anxiety. Some seemed considerably less concerned about adjusting to a new environment, which provided me a unique perspective on how they approach the prospect of studying abroad. While some students were preoccupied with social or emotional issues, others were more secure or even thrilled about change. This made me understand how different people’s perceptions and experiences are, and how not everyone feels the same level of uncertainty or pressure during transition.
IMAGE: Finishing compiling everything in a document in Spain
