Joanne Rosario
Childhood ambition: To be a meteorologist. I pictured a cool lab at the North Pole, watching the world weather via satellites. (This was when satellites were new.) I also imagined I’d be there all alone-far away from my little brothers.
First job: Page at the as-yet-unopened Mid-Manhattan library–in September, 1970.
Proudest moment: Can’t think of just one.
Biggest challenge: Keeping my job interesting to me (after 30 plus years) and keeping up with librarians 30 years younger.
Inspiration: My YA colleagues at NYPL. They are awesome.
Currently reading: Truancy by Stuyvesant HS student Isamu Fukui.
Most surprising thing about being a librarian: How much fun I get to have in my job every day.
I love being a librarian because: I am always learning something new and I get to work with smart people.