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PPL Alum
PPL welcomes individuals from all walks of life and each has a unique story to tell — stories that illustrate the positive impact our library makes in the lives of those we serve. Stories that YOU make possible!
Meet some of our PPL Alum.
Claudia Vargas-El Khatib
I came to Providence after living in France for six years. I was a child psychologist in my native Venezuela. I had always studied human behavior and didn’t really have any technical skills. Here, I had ideas about what I might like to do, but I needed the skills. I never had access to a ...
Xuan Huynh
I come from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where I lived nearly 30 years before moving to Cranston. I worked 15 years for 5-star hotels in Vietnam, including Sofitel and M Gallery hotels (Accor group), Renaissance Hotel (Marriott group). My typical activities were meetings with travel agents and tour operators to do hotel presentations, deal ...
Melanie Anaya
I was matched with PPL through the Bonner Community Program at Brown University and worked with Chris Bourret until I graduated! My favorite accomplishment was leading my own Citizenship class. I had done lots of administrative work and acted as a teaching assistant in the Library’s Learning Lounge and in other peoples’ Citizenship classes, but ...