Kids Specialist and, key holder and manager on duty at Books Inc Palo Alto Professionally Reviewed books and got reviews published in peer reviewed publications Professional Book MarketingProgrammed and ran many events both author events and non author events Led Storytime for all ages as well as several book clubsProviding reader’s advisory to all ages to promote imagination and literacyBook Reviewer for several panels including 2015, 2020 Indies Introduce New Voices Kids (and Young Adults) from American Booksellers Association (ABA) 2020-Present CALIBA Book of the Year Picture book Panel.2023-Present Chair of CALIBA Picture Book of the Year Committee 2018-2022 CALIBA Golden Poppy Middle grade book of year

I captained the kids and YA section of the store in BurlingameProfessional bookselling focused on Kids and Young Adult books• Book promotion especially for kids and Young Adults• Creating thematic displays and inventory management• Created, led and reviewed events and projects• Working with receiving books and sidelines and all kids returns• Opening and Closing procedures• Providing reader’s advisory to all ages to promote imagination and literacy• Kids Team leader with diverse and changing staffs, reviewed work,• Trained, mentored and led all staffers on everything about all Children's sections• Familiar with many Representatives of publishers• Experience with several local and award winning authors and illustrators• collaborated with ever changing staff and a few buyers both frontlist and backlist5 Years professional experience with• Reviewing new publications for collection development and new materials• Blog writing and editing• Familiar with small and local publishers• Collaborated with staff on status, news, needs and trends of kids department• School fundraisers and book fairs offcite and in store• marketing events and social media marketing especially on our facebook page• Effective on floor with customers and staff, loyal following

• Received and processed incoming materials • Specialized in excellent personal customer service • Specialize in expert resource and material match making diverse customer base• Personally curate tween, young adult, graphic novel, early chapter book sections

• Professionally co-manage Staff of 12• Maintain facilities by stocking supplies, keeping space safe and cleaning • Events manager assistant for author and special events• Assist with regulating standards of customer service• Moved boxes of new inventory, shifted section of books• Organized and maintained book collections and sections• Opening and closing of store responsibilities

• Created Youth and Teen events and assisted Teen services librarian • Helped manage physical teen collection • Organized multiple FindIT sections and weeded multiple section• Created a presentation for San Mateo County Library online resources • Provided excellent customer service at both reference and circulation desk• Completed shipments of library materials though San Mateo County procedures

• Weeding and recommending replacement inventory for library collection• Applied and won a grant from Palo Alto School District for special needs book cart• Organized Series fiction shelves to aid in self service• Worked with students and library staff to provide level of excellence for service

• Reviewed and gave personally designed reader’s advisories of books • Excelled at customer service by responding to customers individual needs• Specialized in knowledge of young adult and youth literature