One of the best cover letters I've seen. Hope you get hired!

Other critical thoughts:

• The 'Why Me' section is great. I like the 1-10 idea. Maybe go with a lighter background though.
• I feel like the tags are too big in your Resume section. Also they look like buttons, but aren't buttons.

Good luck!

if Airbnb don't hire you, lotta kittens gonna die.

This is great Kathy, I love to see this kind of proactive initiatives, people fighting to get what they want, you go girl!

PS: CSS is all caps, not Css, your audience here are designers, we are terrible at this, I had to say it :p

So great!

I really hope this works for you, how can any company turn down an intern with this much passion, creativity (love your custom font btw) and drive!

Really great stuff! Keep us posted.

P.S. Perhaps changing the shape of the "tags" to having one triangular end, like a tag?

Best of luck, Kathy!

How about a picture that we/they can see your face. You're always looking away or down! If this doesn't get you an interview or at least a foot in the door I'm not sure what will. Good luck; great work! Especially for a student. You are way ahead of your peers.

This is awesome :)

Good luck!

Awesome stuff, hope it works out!

Goog luck Kathy! Keep us posted how it goes! ;)

Great work Kathy. Nothing like going after what you want. Hope you get it!!

Would be a lot more convincing with a smiling face to associate with the cover letter!

Lovely! Best of luck!

Couple of things (no biggies): - You're missing the lang attribute on the html element.

• Empty h1. This is one of the most important elements, add text and then visually hide that text with CSS.

• Headline structure is off. You're going directly from h2 to h5.

• Insufficent contrast on text. This is a great tool: http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html

• There are some small validation errors. Easy to fix.

Great letter Kathy! I hope they'll hire you as an intern. I'd love to work there as well! Good luck!

EDIT: BTW, are you hoping they'll read your letter from here? Or...? And let us know if you got hired! =)

Great effort, hope you get the job !

I'd say that's worth an interview. Good job!

Looks great! The nav bar is a little crowded on my iPhone when it scales down responsively. Perhaps consider a mobile show/nav with a button? Or play with the layout.

And good luck! I think you stand a good chance.

Good luck! Remember to let everyone know if the website pays off – I'm sure it will

I think it's beautiful, and I love your typeface! The one critique I have is, the page jumps slightly when the navigation becomes fixed. But seriously, great work — I hope you get that internship! :)

your portfolio is awesome btw!

Great cover site and a great portfolio to back it up! Hope you get the job.

Great job Kathy. Expected from a fellow YSDN'er, hope you get the gig.

Great to see more pd talent coming out of YSDN. Keep up the good work =)

amazing stuff

The only thing I was going to point out was that you didn't match the Airbnb font and then I realized you used a font that YOU DESIGNED!!! Well done, I'm sure you'll get a job there!

Kathy this looks super sweet. I'm in a similar position to you at the moment, so I know exactly how bad you want this, and it really shows! It's a great idea, I hope you get the internship. Make sure to post when you hear something ;)