{"id":22487,"date":"2026-09-21T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/?p=22487"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:32:13","slug":"hello-from-nnlm-region-5-staff-kaia-comeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/hello-from-nnlm-region-5-staff-kaia-comeau\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello From NNLM Region 5 Staff: Kaia Comeau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22488 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/kaia_headshot-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/kaia_headshot-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/kaia_headshot-1024x900.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/kaia_headshot-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/kaia_headshot-1536x1350.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/kaia_headshot-2048x1800.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hello everyone, I am Kaia Comeau, the new student assistant for the National Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 5.\u00a0In this role, I will be helping the office with their communication and outreach efforts\u00a0(and any\u00a0other projects\u00a0that the office\u00a0may need help with!).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am currently in my 2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> year of my Master of Library &amp; Information Science (MLIS) program at the University of Washington (UW), so I am very excited to gain some professional experience in the library field. I did my undergraduate studies at Western Washington University (WWU), where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology with minors in East Asian Studies and Political Science, as well as completed a year-long study abroad program at Yonsei University. I come to this office with a few years of experience in student services and non-profits, where I worked as a stu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dy abroad peer advisor for WWU, a financial aid advisor for Cornish College of the Arts, and an intern for Disability:IN. My dream jobs for after I graduate are to either become a study abroad advisor\/director, genealogy librarian for a state archive, or a sports librarian\/digital asset manager (preferably for a hockey team).\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In my personal time, I enjoy hanging out with my two cats Perilla and Pork Belly, as well as learning languages (I have formally studied Spanish, Japanese, and Korean), reading, collecting vintage tech and physical media,\u00a0researching family histories,\u00a0and\u00a0going to PWHL games (go Torrent!).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Hello everyone, I am Kaia Comeau, the new student assistant for the National Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 5.\u00a0In this role, I will be helping the office with their communication and outreach efforts\u00a0(and any\u00a0other projects\u00a0that the office\u00a0may need help with!).\u00a0 I am currently in my 2nd year of my Master of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/hello-from-nnlm-region-5-staff-kaia-comeau\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3010,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[52,315,314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-new-from-nnlm-region-5","category-news-from-nnlm-region-5"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22487"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22500,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22487\/revisions\/22500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}