Alternative Spring Break is back to provide youth with a virtual field trip to learn about creative career paths in major cities across the East Coast. In this interview we sit down with the dynamic Jeannine A. Cook, owner of Harriett's Bookshop in Philly and Ida's Bookshop in Camden, NJ.

Our interview series 'Alternative Break' profiles new creative arts professionals across a variety of fields, illuminating the wide range of career paths available and inspiring you to think critically about your career goals. 

We explore the creative communities in DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York visiting recording studios, art galleries to comic book stores, silk screen museums, theaters and artists owned gallery spaces to tell the stories that empower you to amplify your voice through a career in the creative arts industry.