Meet Emery

Meet Emery, the newly promoted Adult Programming Coordinator for Alamance County Public Libraries! Emery has been working for ACPL since June 2012, when she began as a Circulation Assistant at our Graham location and has always strived towards building a stronger, more empowered community. She is excited to see what this new role has for her, and we are too.

Get to know Emery below!

What are you most passionate about?

Education. You can fight all things through knowledge. 

Do you have a hobby?

I love reading and writing fanfiction, putting jigsaw puzzles together, and baking!

When you were little, what was your dream job?

I wanted to be a marine biologist and next, a linguist working for the United Nations, then a CIA Librarian.

What was the best part of your week/weekend?

Being at home, watching the Great British Baking Show and hanging with my two cats, Merlin and Arthur.

If your life was a song, what song would it be?

On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons

Are you involved in any community projects or organizations?

100 Years of Libraries in Alamance County, America 250, Alamance Reads, Christmas Cheer’s Cheers for Chocolate Festival, and in my free time, I lector at my church and donate platelets to the American Red Cross.

What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

Cajun crickets at the Bug Café at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.

What’s your favorite TV Show?

BBC’s Merlin

What is your favorite thing to spend money on?

Food. Food is the reason I have no money.

What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned recently?

Kiwi birds lay very large eggs relative to their body size. A Kiwi egg is roughly 17% of a Kiwi’s total body weight. To put this in perspective, it would be like a chicken laying an egg the size of a grapefruit. That’s crazy!