Looking Back

Hi everyone!

This is Samantha Evans, writing from El Paso, Texas. 

I began this summer looking forward to spending time at the El Paso Museum of History in their education department, but a second opportunity was offered to me to help out at the El Paso County Historical Society in their Archives department. It was very lucky, and I am very excited to be able to spend time at two fantastic institutions!

Before I began, I wondered about what these two opportunities would be like. They were different, yet they both combined my love for history and education. It quickly became apparent that both of my jobs would involve a great deal of programming and website design, which is something I felt I could learn more about, so I hoped I would be able to quickly gather the basic tools I needed to get started on my projects. I was also mostly unfamiliar with the history of El Paso; though my parents are from here and my grandfather still lives here, I have never been able to visit for more than a week at a time. I wondered what its story was, and how each institution's collection would contribute pieces to it. 

Everything seemed very promising, and I was excited to get started!