This week’s interview is with Joan Weeks, who is working at the Law Library of Congress as a Fellow in the Library of Congress Leadership Development Program.
Describe your background
I guess I am a rare native of the Washington area since I was born in Alexandria, Virginia, grew up in Falls Church and graduated from O’Connell High School in Arlington. I have lived out of the area as well, starting with earning my undergraduate degree in Political Science at Wheeling Jesuit College and then serving in the Peace Corps in Turkey in rural community development. I also accompanied my husband to England for five years while he was working with the Navy. We traveled all over Europe in a very old Volkswagen camper with our three children.
When I returned to the area, I worked with a Turkish-American association in public affairs and then started working at the Library of Congress in 1991 in th
