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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.
Deloris Thompson
I came to PPL for HTML and CSS classes and I found that being a developer was the right path for me! I am a Liberian immigrant, wife and mother of two who was working part-time when my mother-in-law was taking an Excel class and loved it. The moment Don told her about the HTML/CSS ...
Dan Wood
Sometimes I come to the Library for a specific reason and sometimes not! Coming to the Library I’ve enjoyed learning more about older printing processes and color printing techniques, researching particular artists like Piranesi, finding audiobooks for long car rides, finding new books (like The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead) in the newly released section, etc., ...
Young Bae
In 2019, approximately a year after I came to Providence, I applied to CCRI to take an American history class. I was so curious about what had happened in America before the United States was founded. I wanted to know what was the fundamental foundation to build up the most powerful country on planet earth ...