It’s that time of year when Google offices around the globe seem to grow exponentially as interns join teams for a summer full of hard work, and of course, lots of fun. To give you an inside look into the life of a Google intern, we’re starting up the annual Diary of a Summer Intern blog series. Each intern will blog about his or her experiences throughout the summer and will take part in Hangouts On Air from the Google Students page on Google+.

Without further ado, here are the interns we’ll be featuring this summer:
Name: Jess Virdó
University: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: Entering my fifth (and final) undergraduate year in the fall
Major: Pursuing a BSc in Computer Science and a second BSc in Logic and Computation with a second major in Philosophy
Role: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) intern
Office: Pittsburgh
Hobbies: Playing board games, cooking, and dyeing people's hair funny colors.
What I'm most looking forward to at Google: Nerf gun fights and delicious free food. Just kidding. I'm most looking forward to being surrounded by passionate, brilliant engineers and experiencing the company culture firsthand... and also Nerf gun fights and delicious free food.


Name: Franklin Ochieng
University: University of Nairobi
Year: 4th
Major: Bsc. Computer Science
Role: Software Engineering Intern, Africa Trainee Program
Team: Emerging Markets
Office: Zurich
Hobbies: Movies, music, basketball, computer games, hanging out with pals
What I’m most looking forward to at Google: Working in my team to come up with a highly useful application that I could see in future and feel proud about.


Name: Pablo Molinero
University: UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Year in school: Graduating in 2013
Major: MBA
Role: MBA Intern - Product Marketing Manager
Team: Mobile ads
Office: Mountain View
Hobbies: Playing with my son, gadgets, social volunteering, travelling, videogames, and soccer!
What I'm most looking forward to at Google: Learning as much as I can about Google's businesses (particularly mobile), enjoying the fun yet hard work culture, and working on complex problems in an ever-changing industry
Name: Rio Akasaka
University where you study: Stanford University
Year in school: Second-year Masters
Major: Computer Science
Role: Associate Product Manager (APM) Intern
Team: YouTube
Office: Tokyo
A hobby of yours: I love to bike and travel. My favorite bike is a Cannondale R400 :)
What you're most looking forward to at Google: It's a bit cliche, but the things I really look forward to most is meeting and finding out about people working on all of Google's exciting projects.


Name: Luke Fernandez
University: The University of Texas-- Austin
Year in School: Rising Senior
Major: Finance; Film
Role: BOLD Intern
Team/Project You're Working On: YouTube - Interactive Solutions
Office: San Bruno
A Hobby of Yours: Live Music, Traveling, Film, Disc Golf
What You're most looking forward to at Google: Working with like-minded individuals to help grow and optimize YouTube campaigns, as well as growing as an individual and professional.

Posted by Jessica Safir, University Programs