During the months of March and April, read all about our fabulous and hard-working student employees and what they’re working on at the library and beyond. This week meet Stephanie and Frankie from Public Services. As student specialists, they assist with staffing chat, scanning interlibrary loan documents, supporting the library service desk, and working on special projects.
Stephanie Jacinto is a Student Specialist in Public Services and has worked at the library for almost a year. She is currently a graduate student in the Art History department and says one of her proudest academic achievements is presenting research. She says whether presenting in a research competition or a symposium, she always finds it difficult to muster the confidence to publicly present her work,
so it’s always a big accomplishment. Stephanie’s presentations include Representation of Queer Artwork in Major United States Museums (2022) and Gender Disparity in the Visual Arts (2019). After graduating from UNM Stephanie plans to return home to California and find a teaching or gallery gig, though she has no solid plans at the moment. Her favorite task at the library is scanning documents for interlibrary loan requests, and really enjoys it once she’s found a rhythm.
Last August Stephanie, painting professor David Olivant, and photographer Jennifer Van co-founded a non-profit, artist-member gallery in Santa Fe called Strata. The gallery has hosted numerous rotating exhibitions and the juried exhibition, “Against the Grain” for which Stephanie was the juror. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies or tv and going to galleries and museums. She says she is not skilled at cooking, but is skilled at eating and her favorite food is her mom’s pozole. Stephanie does not have any pets, but gets to spend time with her friend’s Boxer names Bryson.
Frankie Logan is a Student Specialist in Public Services and has worked at the library for almost three years. They are majoring in Classical Studies and Geography and say one of their proudest academic achievements is being published. They are a Mellon May Undergraduate Fellow and have published and presented at conferences throughout the fellowship. After graduating from UNM Frankie plans to attend graduate school either for library science or sport administration. Their favorite duties at the library include scanning documents to fulfill interlibrary loan requests, helping with citations, and helping patrons access materials.
When not at the library, Frankie likes to watch sports including baseball and hockey (Go Cubs, Go Red Wings). Their favorite family recipe is beef fatayer, a savory Lebanese pastry that they fill with ground beef and chili oil. They have a German Shepherd back home named Lola who enjoys going to bed at 6:30pm, having her butt scratched, and eating anything except carrots.