Felicia Messina-D'Haiti was interviewed by Sarita Rodriguez on July 3, 1996. Born in Washington, DC, in 1969, Messina-D'Haiti came to work at the Smithsonian in July 1995. She is in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and works with the Smithsonian On-Line on America On-Line. This interview discusses what she does for her job, her childhood visits to the Smithsonian, Folklife Festival memories, her comments on the Working at the Smithsonian exhibit at the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, a typical day at work, what working at the Smithsonian means to her and to others, her visits to the museums, her volunteer work at the National Gallery, and her involvement with the 150th anniversary celebration.

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Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9594, Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews