Sister Marilyn Hopewell’s interview took place on May 6, 2013 at her home in California, Maryland. She is the fifth of eight children born to Lila and Benedict Hopewell and she discusses growing up in Ridge MD during the 1950s and 1960s. Sister Marilyn knew from early on that she wanted to be a nun. She attended St. Peter Claver School and went on to study at Saint Francis Academy where she placed in the top five in her class. When she entered the convent as an Oblate sister she became a teacher, and no matter where she taught, South Carolina, North Carolina, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, and Buffalo, she was determined that, “I was going to be the best teacher that every child had.” Sister Hopewell is very proud of her accomplishments, especially her work in the Civil Rights struggle and with the Washington Library Association. Listen to her tell her story.