Interview with Hilary Umbreit, MLIS from the Sharon Public Library.
According to your biography, you are originally from the island of Trinidad and Tobago. What brought you to Massachusetts at first, and what inspired you to stay?
During the process of filing for my permanent resident visa to come to the USA, and through my research to find somewhere to live, I became fascinated by Boston’s diversity and its excellent colleges; I chose Massachusetts because I wanted to attend college to finish my undergraduate degree in Business Management and to obtain a job.
The same year that I graduated, I got married. I started a family a year later. During that same period, my extended family came to live in Boston. I did not want to uproot my immediate family and lose the deep friendships that I had cultivated nor the love and support of my extended family; I was inspired to stay in Massachusetts.
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