 My name is E.K. Williams. I am the Library Operations Manager at Stellan Charles Gutman Community College here in New York City. The library serves as a safe haven for the students, a space where not only they can do their academic work, but it's a place for conversations, it's a place for studying, it's a place for group work. And my role as a manager is to be available as a guide to help students access resources, whether they're textbooks or e-books or troubleshooting on the computers. I've worked in libraries for a long time, 15 years to be exact. When I was in high school I was looking for a job and everywhere I went they said they were not hiring. So the library in my community was the last place that I went and the librarian came over with a stack of book and she said, I want to see if you can put this in order. And I've never seen the Dewey Decimal System, but I knew that it had to be organized numerically and then alphabetically. And I just took the books and I started putting them together and she checks it and she says, wow, not one mistake. And she says, you're hired and I'm like, oh my gosh, this is amazing. And I did that while attending college at night. The San Jose State High School appealed to me because as a working professional, it was very important for me to attend a 100% online program. The tuition was very affordable and I had some of the best professors. They were very supportive, very encouraging. I absolutely do believe that librarians can change lives. As a librarian I feel that is my responsibility to give back to the community, give back to my students, give back to the universe. And I really enjoy the ability to converse with students, get to know them, get to see what kind of issues they're faced with each day and provide resources to help them get through it. It makes me feel good as a human being, as a professional, as a librarian and it's extremely rewarding.