1. Letter of Recommendation
It gives me sincere pleasure to recommend Giovanni Valle, who I supervised in the Student World
Leaders Program, Fall Session from August 2014 to December 2014. Giovanni worked across cultural borders
with students from around the world on the Research Team. I must say that Giovanni’s character shined
throughout the program. The Student World Leaders Program is an internship program that brings students
together to help change the world with a focus on renewable energy, information technology, business, and
research.
We accepted Giovanni into the Student World Leaders Program while Giovanni was a student at Rutger
University pursing a bachelors in both Finance and Communication. Giovanni has strengths in communication,
punctuality, teamwork, and decision-making. This program was deisgned to teach resourcefulness, time-
management, virtual communication, and sustainability. On the Research Team, Giovanni researched the global
economy as it relates to renewable energy, studied the various types of renewable energy, discovered how to
raise capital funds for our nonprofit, and wrote micro-analyses of online energy articles, which were then
published on an online blog. Teamwork was built and information was shared online by incorporating virtual
team conference calls, using an online classroom forum, and facilitating an online cloud storage system. Since
Giovanni was in the inaugural year of our program, we were able to learn from Giovanni’s participation.
Overall, our interaction with Giovanni has truly helped to guide our nonprofit into the future of energy,
technology, and the world stage.
I most certainly include Giovanni in the top 10% of the students in the program, which is why I am
writing this letter of recommendation.
Sincerely,
Camille Presbury
Executive Director
Mission to Rebuild
Email: studentworld@missiontorebuild.org