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What’s Next for Bookshare Members after College?

Bookshare enriches the lives of people with print disabilities well beyond school into their adult lives.  Often members tell us they now enjoy exploring new interests and hobbies and finding resources to help them with their careers. Members stay connected to the world through local and national news. They catch up on the hottest books their friends are reading, and they pursue lifelong learning.

Our staff is catching up with college students about how they plan to use Bookshare after school, and today’s blog features Amber Steet, a Bookshare member since the ninth grade.

Meet Amber Steet

Amber Steet's PictureAmber has a full course load at the University of Texas at San Antonio and will graduate next year with honors and a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies in education and anthropology. After college, she plans to work as a teacher of the visually impaired.

When we caught up with her, Amber was gearing up to participate in a National Student Exchange Program and receive one of the highest individual honors given to college students: Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges.”

Amber has an impressive track record of academic achievement, leadership, and extracurricular activities. She is an officer in the Honor’s Society, mentors elementary students, and plans to continue to volunteer after college, most likely in a hospital. We congratulate Amber on all of her accomplishments and pursuits!

Is Bookshare in Amber’s Future?

“Yes, I’m positively going to continue my membership to Bookshare, even after school,” she says. “The library gives me free rein to read and gain knowledge.”

In her spare time, Amber likes to indulge her unique reading interests, including a love of the paranormal and gripping cover-up and conspiracy stories from favorite authors like Jim Marrs.

When asked how she plans to tap into Bookshare as a teacher, Amber said, “Hopefully to read what I enjoy and find career resources and stories that will benefit me as a teacher and for my students.”

We ask all current and future Bookshare members, what’s next for you?  Are you signed up to enjoy lifelong learning? Watch Amber’s video: Reading Bookshare Books on a BrailleNote

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