Bookworm

Abilash Gunta calls the Hillsboro Public Library “truly my happy place.” Since immigrating from Bangalore, India, in 2015 to work for a technology company, the Brookwood location has quickly become a meaningful destination for his growing family. Of all the venues where he brought his parents when they visited the U.S., the library was their favorite. “They could not believe the size and beauty of it,” he says.