Love for books steers UNO student toward a new career [Video]

Grace Dougherty’s bedroom is her office, and the family dining room is her production line.

Although her business making flower bookmarks, called Grace’s Little Bookcase, will pull in around $85,000 this year, the University of Nebraska at Omaha senior is still living at home while pursuing a degree in political science and psychology with a minor in criminal justice.

She has just 12 hours to go in a field she’s not even sure she’ll follow anymore, but the 22-year-old is determined to finish.

“At this point, I’m thinking of just continuing with my business,” she said. “Marketing and growing it and expanding it the next couple of years.”

Her love of books sent Dougherty’s career path in a whole new …