After graduating from Portland State with a BS in Sociology, I set out to make the world a better place by entering the social services. But a year and a half of working with adults with disabilities – first as a support specialist and then as an alternatives to employment / art program coordinator – wore me out quickly; changing adult diapers and mediating physical altercations was just not my cup of tea. It took me about two seconds to realize that librarianship was my calling. A few months later, I was studying for those hellish GREs and gearing up to attend Emporia State University’s SLIM program here in Portland, Oregon.

I found that library studies was not just an entrance into a profession, but something I truly felt passionate about. I quickly latched on to issues that I felt close to, such as emerging technologies, copyright, and serving under-served populations (especially the LGBTQ community). Quickly finding a library assistant position at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (where I still work to this day), I threw myself into the library community head-first, going to as many conferences as I could, taking on volunteer and leadership opportunities, and joining social library groups.

This website is a portfolio of not only my studies at Emporia, but the work I have done in the general library community as well. I hope you are able to learn a little more about me and how in love I am with being a librarian.