Ingrid Marquardt leads the second largest private French library in the country, at the French Cultural Center in the heart of historical Back Bay. This position marries her love of French language and literature. Marquardt began her passion for French through the immersion program in Milton, Massachusetts and has followed it around France and the world. She took a break from this first love to pursue a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Irish studies at Boston College and a master's degree in library and information sciences at Simmons University.