Raymond Pun (he/him/his) is the academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education. In this role, he supports all library services from research to scholarly communication. With over 17 years of experience, Ray has worked as a librarian in institutions such as Stanford University, Fresno State, New York University Shanghai, and the New York Public Library. He has published and presented extensively and is an active member of the American Library Association. Most recently Ray served as the 50th President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and the 42nd President of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). Ray holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University, Fresno; a Master of Library Science from CUNY Queens College; and a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies and Bachelor of Arts in History from St. John’s University. Most recently, Ray has been elected as ALA President 2025-2026.

Amelia Fedo holds a PhD in French studies from New York University, where she defended her dissertation with highest distinction in 2023. After receiving a Chateaubriand Fellowship to support research crucial to her thesis, undertaken in French archives, she decided to pursue a career in the archival field. Last fall she completed an internship at the New York City Municipal Archives which centered on the processing of the sizable and frequently-requested New York Police Department Intelligence Unit records (aka the Handschu Collection) and culminated in her writing for the official NYCMA blog, “For the Record.” She is currently interning as a Junior Archivist at UNICEF alongside other GSLIS alumni.

Josselyn Atahualpa migrated to New York in 1997. A graduate of Williams College, she recently completed her master's in library science with a certificate in archiving. Josselyn is an ALA Spectrum scholar, a REFORMA scholarship recipient, and was recently listed as a 2024 Mover and Shaker with the Library Journal. A community organizer since 2014 working at the intersections of displacement and criminalization, she utilizes her community archiving practice to strengthen her organizing.  

Toni currently serves as QCLISSA's eboard president. Their academic interests are focused on Digital Preservation and long-term sustainable preservation of video games. Outside of their full-time job and attending school, Toni enjoys video games, the fiber arts, sticker collecting, mechanical keyboard building, spending time at home with their partner, adorable cat, and very cute dog, and of course, reading. 

Christina Coyne is graduating with her MLIS and an advanced certificate in Youth Services. For the past year and a half, she has been working as a Children’s Librarian Trainee at South Country Library in Suffolk County. Christina has had a passion for children’s and young adult literature since she was young. This passion has motivated Christina to learn more about the breadth of literature that is available to young people today. She has learned about the best practices for collection development and reader’s advisory for young people in the Materials for Children and Materials for Young Adults classes. At her job, she uses these practices to find the best books to meet the reading interests of children and their families at her library. 

Marty Gleberman was born and raised in New York and had the good fortune to spend their childhood in the company of some truly magnificent bookshelves. Having held a multitude of odd gig jobs while working in the (extremely) indie theater scene, Marty looks forward to one day going to work in one consistent location for more than two weeks at a time. The focus of their studies, and hopefully of their career for decades to come, is public library service to children and young adults. Many thanks to family, to Jason, and to every young person who has ever shared a book with them. Marty’s bookshelves are organized by genre and by color.

Ramon Carela is currently a senior librarian at the New York Public Library working within a culturally rich community in the East Bronx. Serving young adult patrons, he continues to develop programming and collection opportunities that celebrate diversity, inclusion, and information exploration.  

His professional journey started when hired as a library page at a small branch in Harlem where he was influenced by enthusiastic librarians that guided and supported information seekers. In this same spirit, he currently attempts to foster literacy and research interests among segments of young adults who do not view the library as an institution that welcomes them.

As a recent graduate of the Library Media Specialist Certificate Program, he looks forward to classroom instruction and library management that meets the technological, research, and educational needs of the greater school community. Once employed as a Library Media Specialist, he intends to mirror the tenacious character of Professor Laverde and strive to be an advocate for student's freedom to read, a supporter to those seeking information and literary guidance, a host of safe/inclusive library spaces, and eventual mentor to those entering the profession.

Pamela Padilla is a Library Science and History graduate of Queens College, City University of New York. She has interned at Queens College's Special Collections and the Library of Congress. Her research interests include the early modern period, colonial South America, and the preservation of indigenous materials in special collections.