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OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates is currently accepting applications for its Summer Internship Program 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The OCA National Center Summer Internship Program (2026) is a 10-week, in-person internship in Washington, D.C designed for undergraduate students and recent graduates who are passionate about Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) issues.
$5,250 stipend for the ten-week internship program (pre-tax)
The stipend is pre-tax, meaning interns will be required to file taxes on this income the next tax filing season.
On rare occasions, a placement site may choose to pay the OCA intern themselves, instead of relying on OCA’s stipend. In such cases, the placement site must at minimum match the amount of OCA’s stipend.
Interns who do no complete ten (10) full weeks of the internship program will have their stipend reduced.
Professional work experience
Networking and leadership development
Access to OCA alumni network
One (1) year free OCA membership upon completion of the internship
Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students currently enrolled in an accredited educational institution. Recent graduates who have graduated within one year of the internship are also eligible.
Applicants must be at least an incoming second-year college student by the start of the internship (i.e. must have completed their first year of college).
Applicants must be interested in AANHPI issues.
Applicants do not need to be a U.S. citizen. DACA students or undocumented students must have a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to be eligible for this internship. Non-U.S. citizens must be eligible to work by the first day of this internship program in order to be eligible. Some of our placements may require their assigned intern to be a citizen, so certain placement sites may be unavailable to non-citizens.
Applicants must not be a former OCA National Summer Intern (OCA Chapter Interns can still apply).
Applicants must not be a child or dependent of:
an OCA National staff member,
an OCA Executive Council member,
or an OCA Business Advisory Council member.
Apply for OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates Summer Internship Program
