MARINA ESPINA
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I’M MARINA ESPINA, IíM FROM THE PHILIPPINES, I CAM ETO NEWORLEANS IN 1967 WHEN MU HUSBAND HAD AN ASSIGNMENT WITH THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE. HE WAS A CONSUL, SENT BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVT TO THE U.S. AND WEíVE BEEN HERE SINCE 67 AND THATíS 35 YRS AGO.
WHAT DO YOU DO? I WAS A PROF LIBRARIAN IN MANILA AT THE NATL INST OF SCI AND TECHNOLOGY. SO WHEN I CAME OVER I WAS SO SCARED NOT TO GET A GOOD JOB BEC I HEARS ONLY ODD JOBS FILIPINOS COULD GET AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WHEN I APPLIED FOR A LIBRARIANíS JOB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS IN TWO DAYS THEY TOOK ME IN AS HEAD OF BIOLOGY DEPT IN THE LIBARARY. SO I BECAME A PROF LIBRARIAN SICNE THEN. JUNE 1, 1967 UNTIL I RETIRED. RETIRED 27 AND A HALF YRS AGO, 1996.