My name is Jessica Maya and I am a school librarian residing in the twin isle of Trinidad and Tobago. You may or may not have heard of it so be sure to checkout the 16 reasons why you should NEVER visit Trinidad and Tobago. Although I was born and lived most of my life here, I lived in the US for several years while studying at FIU as a bio and liberal studies undergrad. Eventually I decided to move back home because I missed being near to my family. It was a rough time in the economy when I arrived and jobs were hard to land, so when I was offered a position as Library Assistant at The International School of Port of Spain, I quickly took it. It isn’t quite what I pictured for my career but I must say I am now quite happy being a school librarian.
I decided, during the COVID-19 pandemic, that it might be a good idea to go back to school and get my Master’s in Information so that I could be promoted to librarian. It’s been quite a rough ride but here I am, an MSI grad finishing up two remaining certificate courses. I am so relieved to almost be done with this student life which I can imagine so are you too!
I am a mother of one almost six year old energetic boy and soon to be baby girl. Besides work, school and mom life, I help my husband run a small side business. He makes bespoke wooden items and I design the graphics to laser burn on them. I am an audible fanatic and love anything crafty but can’t say I have any hobbies per se at the moment because my time is so divided.
I am really looking forward to learning new things in this class because I never did any formal training and all my design skills are pretty much from experience on the job. My confidence level isn’t that great because I lack that formal training and so I am hoping to learn some more of the nitty gritty when it comes to design. I have always wanted to learn about typography so I would have to say I am very interested in that.
Hello and nice to meet you Jessica! I’m extremely impressed how you manage to juggle so many things all at once on top of being an international student; you’re the first classmate I’ve had so far that lives outside the US. Your husband’s business sounds so cool, too! I’d love to see some of his works sometime. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you bring to the class since you’re so creative; I’m sure that you’ve got some cool stuff up your sleeve.
Looking forward to working with you!
First and foremost, thank you so much for sharing a bit about yourself and it’s a pleasure to meet you!
Similarly to what Megan said, you’re one of my first classmates as well to participate in a course with me and that’s so awesome.
I am always appreciative and commend you for not only going back to but being a mother as well, it’s not easy and you deserve a pat on the back cause it sounds like you’re doing an amazing job balancing both worlds!
You’re article for reasons to not visit Trinidad and Tobago made me laugh. It’s one of those moments where you pause and are confused for a second till you actually read the article.
Super glad to be classmates with you and hope you have a fantastic semester with a ton of new gained knowledge!