Interview with Althea (Vicki) Silvera

Interview with Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Archives and Special Collections Department Head at Florida International University. She was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States to attend college at the age of 18. Althea believes herself to be heavily influenced by her father and grandfather who were resilient and great story tellers. She majored in history and minored in education and initially planned to become a teacher, but after college she went back to Jamaica and started her first job at the National Archives. She worked there for six…Read more

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Interview with Althea (Vicki) Silvera

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