Villa (People in the News)
Mara Villa graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a master’s
degree in library and information science in May 2009. Ms. Villa is the youth
services supervisor at the Pearl Public Library and previously held positions at the
Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library and the G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library
(Flowood). She holds a BA in history from the University of Mississippi and has won
numerous scholarships, including: 2007-2008 Mississippi Library Commission Public
Librarian Scholarship, 2008 Central Mississippi Library Council Scholarship, and 2008
Mississippi Library Association’s Virgia Brocks-Shedd Scholarship. In 2008, Ms. Villa
was named the Rankin County Employee of the Year (Central MS Regional Library
System).
Entry Filed under: News
Posted on: May 7th, 2009
