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Connections Vol JULY 2021 CONNECTIONS VOL. 9 NO. 7 CONNECTING YOU TO NHPBS Tucked in the corner of her bedroom, at the station.” Diamond LeGrande dons a headset and cheerfully talks about her job at This isn’t a traditional call center with dozens New Hampshire PBS. “I love being of operators. Diamond is the only person a part of an organization that has answering your membership calls and emails, been a part of my life growing up. and because of the pandemic, she’s doing her I was raised on PBS. I’ve gone from job from home. “When I first started working watching it after school to falling from home, I was afraid of not sounding asleep to Bob Ross on rainy days to actually professional. I didn’t want the viewers to hear working here!” what was happening in the background,” says Diamond. But something special happened. Diamond moved north from Richmond, Virginia, “It has actually helped me become more with her vivacious daughter Devin in tow, looking connected to the viewers, because they may for new opportunities. When she saw the job hear my daughter in the background doing posting, Diamond thought, “What other Mom schoolwork, and the viewer would say, ‘Oh right, jobs could you get that would impress a six-year- you’re at home too. I forgot we’re all going old?” But that’s not all that drew her to NHPBS. through this.’ And then we both take a breath “I get to have a set schedule, I get to be social, and start working through their membership and I’m doing a job for a nonprofit that means questions together.” something.” Diamond’s on a mission to foster as many You may have spoken to Diamond on the phone relationships with NHPBS members as possible. if you called the NHPBS membership hotline. “I want to make viewers feel more like we’re Speaking with a slight southern drawl, Diamond’s one big family and that NHPBS is a voice for infectious laugh and welcoming demeanor puts the community and a place where they can be everyone at ease. heard.” She laughs warmly and says, “No matter the question the viewer may have, I want them Talking to anywhere from 10—50 viewers a day, to feel that they could come down to NHPBS Diamond is the nerve center of the Membership and hang out with me all day.” department. 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