My passion is for children's literature and how to make the library accessible and friendly to all children. I served on the 2023 Caldecott Award Committee. I am a past member of the ALSC Intellectual Freedom Committee (2019-2021) and the NMRT Endnotes Committee . In fall 2022 I co-hosted a session at the Illinois Library Association Annual Conference: "De-escalating Materials Challenges" that was was featured as a PDA full capacity live event by CARLI, January 24, 2023. My work has been published in Children and Libraries and I authored blog posts for the ALSC Blog and ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog. I have been an Early Literacy Children's Services Librarian for eight years. As an elected local park district commissioner since 2009, I have experience with budgets, building projects, strategic plans, hiring and evaluating an executive director, institutional archives, running campaigns, and marketing.