PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2026

CVB Contact: Alana Cooper
Phone: 318.387.5691
E-mail: acooper@monroe-westmonroe.org

Discover Monroe-West Monroe Welcomes Summer 2026 Interns

MONROE-WEST MONROE, La. – Discover Monroe-West Monroe (DMWM) is welcoming aboard three interns for Summer 2026.

The following interns joined the Operations, Marketing & Communications, and Convention Sales departments:

- Miller Simms: Operations Assistant (Starting Date – 5/28/2026)
- Alexis Price: Marketing Assistant (Starting Date – 5/26/2026)
- Aidan Armenta: Sales Assistant (Starting Date – 6/1/2026)

Alexis Price and Miller Simms, both graduates of Ouachita Christian School, come to Discover Monroe-West Monroe through the ULM College of Business & Social Sciences High School Business Academy. It’s a 10-week paid internship program that prepares high school students for in-demand jobs in their communities in northeast Louisiana; matching students to internships based on the student’s career goals, skills and location once a high school student has taken at least two business academy courses and has been recommended by a teacher.

ULM faculty have created 8 business-related courses and offer online training to area high school teachers: Business and Society, Personal Finance, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Behavior Study, Risk Management and Insurance, Management/Career Skills for Success, Everyday Economics and Computer Information Systems.

“The program is 100% funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC), Delta Regional Authority (DRA), through an award totaling $1.5 million,” explained Program Director Kelli Cole of the academy.

Separate from the program, Aidan Armenta joins the tourism bureau as a student-athlete from ULM.

For more details about the ULM College of Business & Social Sciences High School Business Academy, contact Program Director Kelli Cole: kcole@ulm.edu.

About Discover Monroe-West Monroe

Discover Monroe-West Monroe promotes Ouachita Parish as a destination for leisure travel, conventions, meetings and sporting events, creating a positive economic impact for our local community through increased visitor spending and sales tax collections. For more information about Discover Monroe-West Monroe, visit https://www.monroe-westmonroe....