A passion for music is what landed the Bosse High School graduate the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library's paid summer internship through a new program sponsored by the Public Library Association. Throughout the 10-week program, interns and mentors develop and complete a project with a goal to cultivate their passion and explore library careers, according to Charles Sutton, the EVPL's library experience manager. The Public Library Association wants to address this earlier and try to get youth - (high school) juniors, seniors - as they're starting to make career decisions. Brown is developing skills of a librarian through research and networking to learn about the music industry, with the hope to share the information with other aspiring artists in the community at the end of the internship. Sutton said benefits of the program include: library staff will better understand early career pathways to librarianship; students will understand the ways librarians positively serve communities, and gain tools to make decisions about potential library careers; and interns will have the opportunity to connect with one another and share knowledge. With a YouTube following of over 14,000 people, as well as a viral video with more than 8 million views, I am excited to co-develop a project with her that will allow us to explore music and hip hop culture in the Evansville community.