curriculum
VITAE
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Job Title | Company | Location | Dates | Job Description | |
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Teen and Social Media Librarian | East Orange Public Library | East Orange, NJ | August 2015 - July 2016 | Managed teen services and social media presence of busy metropolitan library system
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Social Media Analyst | Cognizant Technologies | Tampa, FL | April 2018 - June 2019 | Analyzed political content for leading social media platform
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Media Specialist | Hillsborough County Public Schools | Tampa, FL | June 2020 - October 2022 | Managed school library media center.
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Rare Books Librarian | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | Washington, DC | November 2022 - Present | Plan and coordinate preservation strategies of rare books.
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EDUCATION
Pratt Institute (New York, NY)
MS Library and Information Science
Concentration: Law; Youth Services
2015
New York University (New York, NY)
Diploma Paralegal Studies
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
2010
Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
BA Political Science
2008
Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL)
Political Science
Concentration: International Politics, Statistics
Study Abroad Program: Shanghai, China - First Step World
2006
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
CURRENT
American Library Association (ALA), Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Hillsborough Association of School Library Media Specialists (HASLMS)
PAST
Florida Library Association (FLA), New Jersey Library Association (NJLA), New York Black Caucus of the American Library Association (NYBCALA), Conference Accessibility Task Force (CATF)
SERVICE
2020/2021 LA Times Book Book Prize for Young Adult Literature
2019/2020 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Juror
2017 - Michael L. Printz Award Committee Member
2017 - Florida Author's and Publisher's Award Book Committee Member
2017 - 2020 Creator and Organizer of Hype Lit Book Club
2016 - 2019 Book Riot Contributor
2016 - Conference Accessibility Task Force Member
2015 - 2016 YALSA Instagram of the Week Blogger
2010 - 2011 Library Journal Book Reviewer
2010 - Brooklyn Public Library Intern
2008 - 2016 Organizer Uptown Girls Harlem Book Club
2008 - 2011 Book Reviewer Rawsistaz
2008 - 2009 Court Appointed Special Advocate
2002 - 2004 Tuskegee University Ambassador
1994 - 1997 Volunteer at Mr. Olive Public Library
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Library Catalogs: Voyager, Millenium, WorldCat Local, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Artstor
Other Library/Archives Software: Symphony, Polaris, Sierra, Sirsi Dynix, Archivist’s Toolkit, LibAnswers, RefWorks, EndNote, LibGuides, Blackboard, LibraryThing
Web Design: HTML, WordPress, some PHP, Google Analytics
Multimedia Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, iMovie,
Productivity Software: MS Office (including Access), Google Docs, Acrobat Pro, Sharepoint, SurveyMonkey, Doodle,
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Goodreads, Meetup
CERTIFICATION
PK-12 Media Specialist - Expires 06/30/2023
K-6 Elementary Teacher (Florida SOE) - Expires 12/20/22
5-9 Social Studies - Expires 06/30/2023
6-12 Social Studies - Expires 06/30/2023
