About me: 

• Grew up on the Oregon Coast (Langlois, between Bandon and Port Orford)

• BA in Political Science from Stanford, Masters in Library Science from San Jose State, teaching credentials from San Francisco State

• Worked as a librarian for LA and San Francisco Public Libraries

• Middle school librarian and 7th grade English teacher in San Francisco 

• Past 12 years as District Librarian for Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland

• Member of the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Committee

• Adjunct Faculty for Antioch University Seattle’s library program

• 3-stripe white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (I’m terrible at it, but love it)

• Run marathons and half marathons very, very slowly

• Have traveled to 36 countries - favorites include Bolivia, Borneo, & Sri Lanka

• If it's summer, I'm out on a river on my folding kayak!