Charlene Peterson - ALiVE! Library Initiative Coordinator

Charlene Peterson is a former high school language arts teacher and has taught in New Mexico, Virginia, and Colorado from 1993 to 2023. While working her way through a Master of Education and Principal Licensure program at Colorado State University, she fell in love with school library education and had the good fortune to serve as a school librarian for the past seven years. Serving as a school librarian prompted her to enroll in the Master of Library and Information Science Program at San Jose State University where she serves in the roles of the ALiVE! Library Initiative coordinator, graduate assistant to Dr. David Loertscher, president of the iSchool's Library Advocacy Group, and co-project manager of the Reading Nation Waterfall Sunrise Project. She will graduate from San Jose State University's Master of Library and Information Science program in the spring of 2024.