Meet Our 2024-2025 Interns

College Interns

Max Ng - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Max is a student at The University of South Florida. He enjoys playing soccer and hanging out with friends and family. He loves participating at the pantry because it’s a great way for him to meet new people and help give to the community.

Kassidy Siddall - FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

Kassiddy is a freshman in college. Her favorite activity is swimming. She loves interacting with the clients and volunteers at CFP.

HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS

JOSHUA PILECKI

Joshua is a senior. His favorite activities are listening to music and reading. His favorite thing about working at the pantry is helping people in need.

Sofia Caballero

Sofia is a senior at Tampa Catholic High School. She is president of FBLA, a member of B.E.S.T. club, member of the varsity lacrosse team, and a secretary of the GFWC Juniorettes.

Ainara Gomez

Ainara is a junior at Sickles High School. Her favorite activities include choir, traveling, and dancing. Her favorite part about working with the pantry is her ability to help out those in need in her own way, and helping to make a big difference in people’s lives.

Kate murdock

Kate is a junior at Brooks-DeBartolo. She enjoys reading and being outside but also seeing friends and shopping. Since beginning the pantry as a volunteer she has made many connections and learned the importance of appreciation. To her, being an intern creates a sense of piety to the pantry that is hard to forget.

avery metheny

Avery is a junior. She enjoys reading and cheer. Her favorite part of the pantry is having conversations with guests and meeting volunteers.

Adriana Tarr

Adriana is a junior at Academy of the Holy Names. Her favorite activity is to play games with her friends and family. She enjoys rtraveling and loves animals. Her favorite part about working at the pantry is being able to give food to people in need and making friends with people she works with.

Gabriella Sanchez-Lipski

Gabriella is a junior at Sickles High School.

lauren harbour

Lauren is a senior at Steinbrenner High School. She is a singer-songwriter who finds joy ion helping others. Lauren has always had a passion for helping those in need through interning at her church and serving the greater Tampa Bay community. Her empathy and gratitude shines through as she volunteers.

sofia aristizabal

Sofia is a senior at Tampa Catholic High School. She is a captain of the varisty lacrosse team, president of the National Hispanic Honor Society, volunteer and worship leader at her church, executive officer for Student Ambassadors, and vice president of FBLA. In her free time, she loves going to the gym, watching movies, reading, and baking. Her favorite part about working for the pantry is extending God’s love to others and bonding with the people the pantry serves, as well as those she works with.

simon salazar

Simon is a sophomore at Steinbrenner High School. He is from Colombia and he loves to play basketball. He wanted to come to the food pantry to help those that need it and especially Hispanics when the staff needs help translating.

baolan pham

Baolan is a senior at Sickles High School. She loves going to the gym and the beach. Her favorite thing to do is spend time with her friends.

Audrey GORSKI

Audrey is a senior.

zaina khan

Zaina is a senior at Steinbrenner High School. She is the Vice President of Interact Club, founder and President of MSA, a member of NSHSS, historian of NHS, and a black belt in Karate. She is also a part of Science Honor Society, Beta, Spanish Honor Society, and HOSA. She loves playing soccer, reading, dedicating time to academics, and spending time with family and friends. But above all, she loves giving back to her community. She prioritizes giving to others, and helping them, as she believes their need is greater than our own. It gives her so much joy to know that by dedicating a little bit of her time, she has made a difference in the community around her. She admires the atmosphere and the mission of the Community Food Pantry, and is honored to be a part of it.

david stedje

David is a rising junior at Steinbrenner High School and plays soccer. He enjoys the outdoors, boating, swimming, and riding motorcycles. He’s lived in Lutz his whole life but enjoys traveling around the country.

ALEENA Khan

Aleena is a sophomore at Steinbrenner High School. She loves playing soccer, traveling, swimming, and spending time with her friends. She is honored to be apart of the Community Food Pantry and is passionate about giving back to her community.