If I am able to attend, the MLA Annual Meeting will be my first major professional Library event and will serve as a springboard for me to launch my career as a Health Sciences Librarian. This event will offer me to opportunity to begin engaging with a nationwide network of medical librarians, particularly through my participation in the Colleague Connection mentorship program and First-Time Attendees Program, as well as to meet some of the vendors with whom I will be working in my new position.