Edit: The recording of this event can be viewed on our YouTube channel or below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U43Q7qerAEI
The Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative, is a series of short virtual talks covering various topics, from crash courses in areas of expertise to best business practices.
Please join the Gender Equity Initiative on Zoom on June 19th, 2024, at 2 PM ET for a group panel with Zhenya Dzhavgova, Andy Nettell, and Lizzy Young on a discussion unveiling who they are and what they do aside from being a rare book dealer.
June 19th, 2024, at 2 PM ET
Zhenya was born and grew up in Bulgaria at the tail end of Communism, in the Valley of Roses, where the highest quality rose oil in the world is produced. Her hometown is also the geographical center of the country. She went to college in Sofia, the capital, graduated with a degree in computer engineering, then came to the US in 2003. She returned to school and worked as a nanny and high-school math tutor. In 2010, in between jobs, she had been buying books at estate sales for herself and occasionally selling them, so when she heard of CABS, she applied for a scholarship, and the rest was history. She became a member of the ABAA in 2016, the same year her beautiful daughter was born. In 2021, right in the middle of the pandemic, She got very sick but got better, and then exactly a year later, in 2022 - she got even sicker. Immediately after recovering, she started taking Taekwondo classes. Now, here she is, about to compete in her second National Championships in July.
Andy Nettell, Stellar Books & Ephermera
Andy Nettell received his BS in Forest Management from Northern Arizona University in 1982. He began a sixteen-year stint with the National Park Service as a Park Ranger at Mount Rushmore, Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, and Canyonlands and Arches National Parks in Utah. In 2001, he opened Arches Book Company, a general interest book store and coffee bar in Moab, Utah. He purchased Back of Beyond Books in 2004 and began learning the rare trade around 2008. He began Stellar Books & Ephemera in 2022 after selling Back of Beyond Books.