>> So, I went to Millersville University, a state school here in Pennsylvania.
Why did I come here?
Now, that's a funny story.
From the age of, probably 12 to 19, I was going to be the next Jacqueline Cousteau.
So, I was going to be a marine biologist and did not have a whole lot of money.
So, I needed to go to state school, and the only state school in Pennsylvania
that had a great marine biology program, was Millersville University
and that's why I'm now a training and development coordinator [laughing].
So, after the first year I realized that, that was not the field for me.
Biology was great, but chemistry and calculus, I didn't really like that to much.
So, the other love in my life was Spanish.
I had taken Spanish for many years, so I minored in Spanish.
And, a senior, I was a freshman, and a senior said, social workers.
We need social workers who can speak Spanish, and I thought, well there you go,
I'm supposed to be a social worker.
You know, at age 19, that's-- you just kind of go with the flow.
And so, I graduated with a BA in social work, a minor in Spanish,
and then I worked in the field for about 10 years.
And, in my various jobs, I was sort of the go to person for help on the computers,
being the young kid out of college, computers just getting in to the workplace.
This was 91-92.
I had a knack for teaching everyone else how to use the computers, so I went back to school
for computer information systems, and didn't finish that degree,
because I already had a four year degree, and go hired in the field.
And from there, found the training was the place to be for me.
So, I'd pretty much had to decide, you know, social work is not going to be my path anymore,
got in to computers, in kind of social work areas,
like social security administration, and domestic relations.
And, my philosophy in life is, do not settle in your career, at all.
Do not work for a paycheck, don't go home, and say,
oh I'm glad work's over, that's an awful job.
This is awful.
My goal was, I need to land somewhere where I would wake up in the morning and go,
oh my gosh, I can't wait to go to work.
So, throughout my path, once I landed in the training and development for private industry,
I was waking up every day, really loving what I did.
So, I'm like, okay, I'm definitely in my groove, but it was for consumer packaging.
Goods industry, it was to make people buy certain things in the grocery stores,
and the K-Marts, and the Wal-Marts.
And, I'm like, I'm a social worker, at heart, I'm always someone who wants to help people.
That's true, I always want to help people, and this is not for me.
So, when I saw this non-profit training and development position, I thought, hmm, libraries?
You know, maybe I ought to run out and get a library card,
because I knew nothing about them, at the time.
And now, 11 years later, I'm passionate about libraries, and so that's how I ended up there.