Sister Spotlight: Sara Velordi

Hi everyone! Today our post is written by senior Sara Velordi, about her current amazing internship at Southern Weddings Magazine. In Tri Delta, Sara holds the officer position of Chapter Correspondent, meaning she handles reaching out to other Greek organizations, other chapters of Tri Delta, the Carolina community, and more, on behalf of our chapter. Sara could not be more suited to represent Alpha Lambda with her always sunny personality, and not to mention her fantastic baking abilities. (Cookies always accompany her gracious thank you notes!) Sara truly is a light in our chapter, even including every single member by making treats for their birthday, which is an enormous feat considering we have roughly 350 members! What Sara does for our chapter frequently goes behind the scenes- a great example of her character as she does not receive as much thanks as she should. So from Alpha Lambda, thank you Sara! Congratulations on your fabulous internship! 

Hi y’all! I’m Sara Velordi, a senior PR major and Alpha Lambda’s current Chapter Correspondent. 

I’m so excited to share a little bit about my internship experience! I am currently working as the Editorial Intern for Southern Weddings Magazine based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Southern Weddings began as a blog and online source for wedding inspiration and has evolved over the years to become a major print magazine for brides in the South as well as the rest of the country (and overseas!). There is also the Southern Weddings Shop, which is stocked with adorable prints and gifts. As someone who is completely wedding-obsessed, I have loved coming in to work each morning and looking through endless amounts of venues, flower arrangements, color combinations and of course, dresses all day long.

I live in Georgia, so I was originally worried about finding a place to stay in Chapel Hill during the summer. However, with the help of one of our Alpha Lambda sisters (Thanks, Callie Butterworth!), and a few sisters from UNC’s Tridelta chapter, I found a place to rent almost immediately!

Sara setting up a magazine photo shoot with her co workers!

My day-to-day tasks vary, and I’m grateful that I will get to do a little bit of just about everything while I’m here. I sit in on staff meetings, participate in brainstorming sessions, and I’ve even gotten the chance to write posts for the blog. I also help with photo shoots and research content that we can use online and in print. In addition, I package up all the magazine and shop orders and ship them out to readers, complete with a personalized thank-you note.

I work in the office with the magazine’s amazing art director and creative director, as well as the wonderful editor-in-chief, Lara Casey. I have already learned so much from the amazing ladies I am working with, and I’m looking forward to the rest of my time at Southern Weddings!

If you are interested in checking out Sara's work or Southern Weddings Magazine visit their website at iloveswmag.com!