I am the Youth Services Librarian at Atlantic Public Library. I'm a "Go big or go home" Summer Library Planner and start planning the next year as soon as I turn in my end of summer report. I have a husband and three teenage daughters and love spending my free time with them. 

I am the Youth Services Librarian at the Pella Public Library, where I have worked for the past 17 years. I have held the position of chair for the Youth Services Subdivision more times than I can count and am now the keeper of memories. I now serve as Director of the Iowa Library Association. My main goal each day at the library is to show a little kindness, maybe get a leg hug from a little, and not say the alphabet in my head more than five times. When not living in the library I enjoy being a professional auntie to my own nieces and nephews along with many other lovies. I am also a dog mom to one very spoiled hound mix, Nellie May. 

Want to get more involved in the Youth Services Subdivision? Send us an email at yssiowalib@gmail.com to learn more!

I am part of the Youth Services team at the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque. My favorite part about being a children's librarian has always been storytime, but I also enjoy racking up ARCs to read, writing book reviews for our local newspaper, and finding new ways to accidentally get paint on the carpet. Outside of work, I enjoy hiking, doing arts and crafts, listening to audiobooks, and helping my spouse take care of our four terrible cats and one perfect baby.