Michaela O’Gara-Pratt
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Hi! My name is Michaela O’Gara-Pratt (she/they) and I am a second year student at SLIS with a concentration in Archives Management. I grew up in the Boston area and graduated from Boston University in 2023 with a B.A. in psychology. Post-graduation, I worked for a year in pediatric in-patient psychiatry. After realizing I needed to pivot my career, I reflected on what I am genuinely interested in and the answer is libraries! I will always have a passion for mental health care, but I have found a home working with the collections that shape us. I have a special interest in working with art research collections, and outside of class I have both worked and interned at local art museums. In my free time I like to read spooky forest stories, ride my unicycle, and visit as many Sargent paintings as I can find.
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I have been doing a lot of job interviews recently. As a second-year student at SLIS, applying for jobs this year feels a lot different than it did last fall when I first started the program. I have new skills to highlight on my resume, and I have the knowledge I have gained from internships and coursework. Despite this, I am still new to applying to jobs in the field and I have discovered that interviews are a great place to learn more about what these jobs really look like, even if you are not offered a position after the interview. Historically, I have always been a big fan of informational interviews. I enjoy conversation and I feel like I learn a lot about my options by talking to people who have been in similar situations. Before I pivoted to Library Science, I worked at an in-patient psychiatric care unit. At the time, I thought I wanted to work full-time as a mental healthcare professional, so I spoke to everyone I could. I scheduled meetings…
