Internship program helps high school students jumpstart careers

AZTEC, N.M. (KRQE) – School districts in New Mexico are starting to offer paid internships to students in hopes of helping them jumpstart their careers after graduation. The schools are working with local businesses to offer internships, but the money to pay students is coming from the state.Betty Harris is a junior at Vista Nueva High School in Aztec, New Mexico, and is part of "Innovation Zones" – a new program that allows students to explore careers through paid internsh