Summer Intern Spotlight – Rachel Pham
July 27, 2026
Rachel Pham
University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Class of 2028, B.S. Industrial & Management Engineering and Product Design
Role at OKNY: HCI Research & Project Strategy Consultant/Marketing Intern
Fun Fact: I can play the guitar!
Key Project Roles: My day to day involves being hands-on with Cloud Run deployments, Cloud SQL setup, DNS configuration, and Firestore REST API integration for waitlist forms across three products: notebar.ai, wendell.app, and okny.io. On top of that I’ve been supporting the marketing side with SEO setup, installing and configuring Yoast SEO and setting up meta descriptions, and building automated GA4 reporting workflows using Make.
“Navigating the technical infrastructure side with basically no hand-holding. GCP, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, DNS, WordPress, a lot of it was completely new to me and there’s no real playbook to follow. But honestly working through it piece by piece has been the most valuable part of the whole experience.”