Miss Christy
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Children's Librarian |
| Location | Davis, CA, United States |
| Introduction | Many moons ago, Miss Christy Aguirre worked as a Shoe Store Manager of the Los Gatos Shoe Works and later with Mervyn’s Department Stores as a Visual Arts Coordinator. Her first library job was as a circulation clerk for the Los Gatos Public Library. Christy got her BA in Philosophy @ SCU and then an MA in Philosophy at SJSU. As a grad student, she taught 2 introductory courses: Intro to Philosophy & Intro to Logic & Critical Thinking. She was President of the San Jose Bay Area Intercollegiate Philosophy Club for over 11 years. She also has an MLIS from SJSU during which she interned with both Books for Little Hands & Partners in Reading Literacy Programs @ the Martin Luther King, Jr. Main Library. She helped open San Jose Public Library's Main Branch (a joint academic & public library) while working in Collection Development & Technical Services and then went on to help open the new Rose Garden Library as a YS Librarian. After becoming engaged and moving to Davis, CA Miss Christy became the Children's Librarian for SPL's Elk Grove Library. She has now successfully helped open three new libraries including the New Elk Grove Library. |
| Interests | reading, cooking, Pilates, Becrum Yoga, WII fit, music, theatre performances, and collecting costumes. |
| Favorite Movies | Life is Beautiful, Brazil, Amelie, Blue, Red, White, Aguirre: Wrath of God, Cable Guy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blades of Glory, City of Lost Children, Doctor Zhivago, Maria Full of Grace, Strange Lives of Alter Boys, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Crash, Blood Simple, and all Fellini films |
| Favorite Music | R&B/Soul, World, Jazz, Classical, and Salsa |
| Favorite Books | Being and Time, The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet, Madame Bovary, Lady Chatterley's lover, all of Plato & Heraclitus, Bark George, Knuffle Bunny, and Leonardo the Terrible Monster |
Was ist das -- die Philosophie?