Nelia Decker moved from Santa Barbara, CA in 1978 to work at The Book Den East in Oak Bluffs. Today she works full-time as the Children's Librarian at the West Tisbury Free Public Library. Children from all over the Island know and trust Nelia and take her opinions and recommendations very seriously. We caught up with her between planning events like a Hunger Games party and leading Mother Goose on the Loose story time to learn more about what she loves about her job. Q. How long have you been working here? A. I've been full-time since 2002 and before that I started in 1992 as a part-time …

Islander Lucas Amarins will be back at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School in the fall, but this summer he's working at Menemsha Blues in Vineyard Haven. We caught up with him between selling t-shirts and sun visors to find out what he loves about his job and working on Martha's Vineyard Q. How long have you been working at Menemsha Blues? A. I actually started here in the beginning of June. Q. How long have you been living on Martha's Vineyard? A. I'm from Vineyard Haven. I live here year round, I was born here. Q. What is your favorite part about working at Menemsha Blues? A. Actually …

Jon Han spends a good part of his day waiting in his taxi at the Steamship Authority in Vineyard Haven for people to getting off the boat who need a ride to their desitination. Han, who will be a senior at Purdue University this year, has been working for Atlantic this summer and so far really likes his job.   Q. What company do you work for? A. Atlantic cab. I've been doing that for about two months.  Q. Are you from the Island? A. No I'm from Michigan. Q. What made you come here from Michigan? A. I heard about it from friends. Word of mouth.  Q. What do you like most about working for …

Jonathan Castro is originally from Minas, Brazil. He came to the United States 10 years ago to be closer to his parents. He now owns the busy Tropical Restaurant in Vineyard Haven that serves traditional Brazillian food. We caught up with him to find out more about what he thinks of working on Martha's Vineyard Q. How long have you owned Tropical? A. We've had this place for one year now. Q. How long have you been living on MV? A. 10 years. My parents lived here for 23 years. Before that I was living in Brazil. Q. What is your favorite part of working on Martha's Vineyard? A. It's safe and …

Nino Rurua is here for a second summer all the way from the country of Georgia that sits between Turkey and Russia. Rurua works at the Sweet Spot in Oak Bluffs. The Sweet Spot is an ice cream and candy shop located in the Dockside Marketplace. Rurua took a break from scooping chocolate cones to talk to us about what it's like to work on Martha's Vineyard.   Q. Where are you from? A. Georgia.   Q. Why did you come to Martha's Vineyard? A. This year I am doing economic training. I'm the manager assistant. Last year I was doing a work and travel program.   Q. Why did you come to Martha's …

As you may know, we here at MVPatch are big fans of 7a Foods in West Tisbury. Chef and co-owner Dan Sauer has been featured in our Chef at Home column, they always great lunch specials in our Daily Specials column and not surprisingly, they won our Readers' Choice for Best Sandwich on Martha’s Vineyard. This time, we’ve caught up with one of their summer employees, Sara Brenner, who is back at 7a for her second summer, to find out what she loves about working at 7a and working on Martha’s Vineyard. Q. How long have you been working on Martha's Vineyard? A. I worked here last year from the …

Jasmine Reed has been living on Martha's Vineyard her whole life. She's beenworking at Stop & Shop in Vineyard Haven for the past seven years. As the first supermarket you see when you get off the ferry, the Vineyard Haven Stop & Shop is especially busy in the summer. We caught up with Jasmine in between customers to find out more about working on Martha's Vineyard. Q. How long have you been working at Stop & Shop? A. I've been working here seven years. I work in the photo shop now, but I've done basically every job in the store. I work about 48 hours a week. Q. Where are you from? A. Oak …

Micheli Lynn just started working at the Black Dog Wharf, but she already loves her job. She was just about to take her lunch break when we caught up with her to find out more about her working life on Martha's Vineyard this summer.   Q. Where are you from? A. I grew up in Vineyard Haven, but I was actually born in New Mexico. So here they call me a "wash ashore" not an islander. Q. Do you have any other jobs? A. Last summer I worked at Sweeties Cupcakes, but I found this job and I love it here. Q. What's your favorite part of working here? A. I really just love interacting with people and …