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Joanna Maddalena Arteaga La Spina

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Allene: Ututuy!!!!! Super congrats!!!! Love you and super proud of you!!!

Madeline: Tesorito Que Orgullo, Felicitaciones te queremos y admiramos mucho

Juliana García : Congratulations! You are amazing! What an accomplishment for you and your family, you are a role model for your children and for all the people you influence with your work. Eres estupenda! Te quiero muchísimo, bravo

Javier Cifuentes: Muchas Felicitaciones y que se te cumplan tus deseos Mil Bendiciones

Diana Varón: Felicidades!! Un logro mas! Muy merecido. Que la vida te siga dando cosas hermosas, eres una persona fuerte, luchadora , mi gran admiración. Un abrazo!

Karen La Spina - Chaparro: ¡Felicidades! Cheers to the best librarian in the Bay. Excited for the opportunities you will help create for marginalized communities and especially to sow the seeds for future entrepreneurs in those children who learn to dream about the possibility of a better future through the books made available in their local libraries. So many stories to read and to be told!! Bravo, because you’re one of them. #boss

Rachael Noble: Congratulations my friend!!! You're truly an inspiration. Thank you for all you do for the community! Love you!

Flora Sepulveda : Congratulations!!!!!

Jean Hyacinthe: Always follow your dreams and Bless us with your mighty acquired knowledge. Congratulations dear friend.

Jacqueline Mendez: You are such an inspiration Joanna! Love your spirit of helping others especially our communities. Keep on rising!!

Cecilia Zamora: I am so proud of you and so happy to see that you are closer to reaching your career goals. May the new skills you have acquired thru this program allow you to grow even more professionally and personally. I love you my friend and will always be here to support you

Victor Arteaga: Felicidades Joannita, un logro mas en tu vida. Eres un ejemplo a seguir te quiero mucho

Anthony and Kelly A. Whylly: Joanita congratulations!!! Un gran logro I love you so much and I’m praying that the Lord always guides you in every journey you take and this new chapter that’s opening up for you ❤️

Anne Caillat: Félicitations Joanna, tu es douée et courageuse, bravo!

Cristina Mitra: Felicidades Joanna! Lo lograste! I'm so proud of you. I've seen you put in hard work for your program, heard about your projects, and so happy to celebrate your accomplishments now!!! <3

Maricela Leon-Barrera: ¡Felicidades en tu logro! You got it done amidst juggling many other things, you can do anything!

Kate Patterson : What a wonderful accomplishment. I'm VERY proud of you and in awe of your ability to bring this to the finish line with everything on your plate. Congrats!

Lisa Weddle: Congratulations Joanna! I am totally in awe of you! You have an amazing ability to hold it all down, get it all done and STILL make us all laugh. :)

Joanna Maddalena Arteaga La Spina

The degree of

Master of Library and Information Science

Virtual Convocation
2020

PROFILE

Current residence: San Francisco, CA, US

I wanted to earn a masters degree because:

I wanted to increase the quality of service I provide in my work in libraries. In particular, I wanted to advance my skills in leadership and strategic service to marginalized communities.

While earning my degree, my greatest supporters were:

Library leadership and co-workers, my children, my mom, my dad, my siblings, my close friends.

While in the program, I met classmates from:

All over the U.S., others from Canada, Latin America, England, France, and Ireland. I met people working in museums, libraries, the tech industry, schools, artists, social workers, biologists, stay at home moms and dads, and more.

What I liked best about online learning was:

That it gave me a chance to further my contribution in the field of librarianship, while juggling co-parenting and a full-time job in libraries.

What I enjoyed most about my experience at the SJSU School of Information was:

The high-quality and cutting edge instructors and instruction.

I plan to use my degree to:

Enhance the work the field of public librarianship is doing to serve marginalized communities.

Now that I have completed the program, I'm most looking forward to:

Getting a librarian position, and increase my work in associations and special projects to advance service to marginalized communities.