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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.
Aaron Castillo
In working on my project I wasn’t sure just where to go. PPL seemed like the logical place to start — I had never been in an archive before or done this kind of research. The people at PPL really took me under their wing and helped me figure out how I was going to ...
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 ...
Liz Maxwell
My kids and I frequent the libraries all over Providence, Rhode Island really. We came to PPL after the Library had been redone. We just often come to order and get books. You know, just use the Library whenever we want books. One day we ran into Bonnie and I was asking her for some ...