{"id":4336,"date":"2024-01-15T21:55:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2024-01-15T21:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:55:22","slug":"its-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/its-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Giving…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Howdy y’all!<\/p>\n

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My name is Jovemyrdha Charles, but please, call me Jo! I am currently based in Miami, Florida, and when I’m not ranting into the ether about the insane rent hikes (seriously, $1850 for a studio with no W\/D hookups? hard pass!) I’m counting pills at work and showing customers where to find MiraLAX or the E.L.F. makeup display. Honesty time: I’m actually from North Miami Beach, more specifically, Uleta, but no one knows where that is, so it’s just easier to say that I’m from Miami.<\/p>\n

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If you hadn’t guessed it, I currently work in a retail pharmacy, and if you think I look familiar, there’s a strong chance that you’ve been to a CVS and had a prescription filled by me. What does healthcare have to do with pursuing an MSI? Well, besides both being disappointments to my mother (she’s still upset that I didn’t go the nursing route or become a doctor), they’re both careers where my direct actions can improve the lives of those I interact with. Libraries have always been safe spaces for me, and I would love to provide that same experience for the kids who don’t have internet access at home or a stable home life that would make them eager to return home after school.<\/p>\n

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My experience with libraries started when I was just 12 years old and part of the media team in my middle school\u2019s library. While my best friends ran the morning announcements, I was stamping books, pushing around book carts, and helping students find the next Holes (honesty time again: I meant Captain Underpants; for some reason, kids at my school loved that series). It was that experience that landed me my first internship at Florida International University when I was a junior in high school and my first library job at Miami Dade College. All of these experiences have shaped me into the person I am today and, as a result, have allowed me to \u201cdip my toes\u201d into the library world to decide if this is the career path for me. (Spoiler alert: IT SURE IS.).<\/p>\n

Try as I might, I cannot beat the weird kid allegations since I not only participated in marching band during my high school years<\/a> but also majored in anthropology for my undergraduate degree. My hobbies include singing (very off-key) along to musical soundtracks, throwing ingredients together to create something edible, and reading, duh!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Please enjoy this super cheesy photo of my boyfriend, Alex, and me at a Hannukah party in our matching pajamas (and yes, they DO light up).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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