Library science is probably the coolest thing in the whole world.

Libraries started getting cool when I was in first grade. Murphy Wilmot Library I hung my artwork in their children’s section. They were cool when I helped with the summer reading program and volunteered there.

Then I went to college. I’ve read every “Deadpool” comic book I can get my hands on in the San Antonio Public Library System. On his fourth floor in Trinity College’s Coates Library, all the other students were taking a nap between classes. In other words, study. I studied hard on the fourth floor.

After graduating from university, I left the country. Over the years, I’ve checked the library for manga (Japanese graphic novels) and anime (Japanese animation). It’s time to start living in Japan. One of my best moments with him was when Kulture realized that his shock-weary body was functioning in much the same way that the Osaka Public Library worked as the Pima County and San Antonio Public Libraries. It was time I knew how to get a library card, so I got a library card. I could look up books because I knew how to look up books. That habit hasn’t changed yet, so I returned the book late (shh, don’t tell my colleagues!).

Three years later, I was back in Tucson trying to figure out what to do next. I saw an ad on Facebook for a school offering a master’s degree in library and computer science. “What if?” I thought.

When I asked my mother, she said, “It’s just like that.”I applied for and was hired by Library and Information Science Program at the University of Arizona.

When I told my friends about my plans, none of them were surprised that I would become a librarian.

At a reunion weekend event in San Antonio back at Trinity University, I spoke with a former professor who wrote a letter of recommendation for me.

I said I was never the rebellious type, but…”

She said before I finished. She never denied her idea that libraries were places of rebellion.

As a public librarian, I can be at the forefront of that. As a teen librarian, you can connect with teens. Resources they may not know are availablee: Live tutors by Brainfuse and practice tests by LearningExpress library.

I can show teens that their privacy is just as important as that of adults. I help them define themselves and give them space. You can keep an eye out for a list of books you’ve read, pull them off the shelf, and hand the teen a book by saying, “You’ll be sorry if you read this.”

With the help of the library, I found myself to be a little more rebellious than I thought. With the guidance of my superiors and colleagues, I learned how to rebel through extreme empathy and understanding. The library is a place where no one asks questions. I am trained to learn what someone needs and show that someone cares.

Since becoming a librarian, I’ve played Among Us in real life, run a haunted house, experienced VR, made mesquite pancakes, played a lot of chess, and interacted with people from all walks of life. I was able to meet them and make their lives a little bit better. Easier.

I have the coolest job in the world.