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LEARN Program

Upon retiring in 2014 as a surgeon, I joined the LEARN through Vista Branch with Hector Ortega as mentor. I thoroughly enjoyed my two clients until COVID shut us down. I learned much grammar while tutoring.

One of my greatest thrills is seeing parents walk out with kids carrying piles of books. We have a 2-year-old great grandson who loves his books and being read to.

Richard Muir , San Marcos.

Childhood memories

I was a very, very avid reader as a child. Every week I would go to the nearest library or, if I was close enough at the time, one of the other San Diego libraries and grab a stack of books to take home with me. I would spend the next week reading each of those books until I was all finished and ready to return them the next week for a new stack of books. To put it simply, I read a lot of books growing up.But there is no way I could have read nearly as much without…

Working Student Mom

As a mother pursuing higher education, the library has been one of the best places for me to study during the limited time I have between dropping my children off at school and picking them up. I can always rely on the library to be a comfortable space, warm or cool depending on the weather, and conveniently located near my child’s school in Rancho San Diego.The library is also a free and accessible resource, which means I do not have to spend extra money at an expensive coffee shop just to have a place to study. There is plenty of…