Monthly Archives: September 2016

The TRUTH is hardly ever black + white. I’m intrigued by the sliding scale of PEOPLE. We encompass a very WIDE spectrum. I ask, “What’s the context?” I say, “That depends.”

I am a first-generation college graduate. I adore my two sons and worked hard to help them through college. I cherish my family, my friends, and my DOG! I like to: bake cookies, travel, smell the roses, read Dickens, make jam, walk in the snow, doze by the fire, knit, say please + thank you.

I want students at RISD to see the library as a place that brings them new insight and knowledge and also reflects their experience. I would like to be remembered not only for my contributions that resulted in our splendid library building, but also for the collections I built. I have bought 63,115 books in […]

Change happens incrementally

All the kids love me. They ask for George when they come in. I love to cook for them. They ask me what days I’m off and they tell me not to leave school until they graduate.

My life is entirely different than how I imagined it would be. I’ll never forget the feeling that I didn’t quite live up to my teachers’ expectations. I don’t quite remember when the realization came that I was somewhat talented and even – absurdly enough – intelligent. I will never forget the day that I […]

The Moment of Discovery Looking back the days when I was an international student, I realize how far I have come to. Imagining the next direction in my life, I hope myself Be the one who can Inspire Others.

When I think about my life, I think about how I wouldn’t be here without all of the strong women in my family. In my eyes, I was raised by Queens and Goddesses because everything they do is flawless! All of them have taught me many great things that I use in my daily life. […]

The truth is, people spend too much time worrying about what they are not and what they don’t have, rather than truly appreciating who they are and what they have. It is pretty difficult to feel anxious and depressed when you focus on what makes you LUCKY. I wish I could say I always knew […]

Curiosity is not only about being eager to know or learn something, but it is also about the strange and the unusual. I like this familiarity-unfamiliarity. I am fascinated by paradox. To me there is a link to creativity – how we can look at something and perhaps see something else – something different, something […]