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Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada

Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada, adult services assistant manager, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, California is the 2022-2023 president of the American Library Association (ALA).

Pelayo-Lozada recently completed a term as an ALA executive board member (2017-2020) and was elected a councilor-at-large for three terms (2012-2015, 2015-2018, 2020-2023). She is an active member of the 1876 Club, the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures (Core), the Public Library Association (PLA), the Rainbow Round Table, the Social Responsibilities Round Table, and the Sustainability Round Table. She also is a member of several ALA Professional affiliates, including the Asian-Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), the Black Caucus American Library Association (BCALA), the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), American Indian Library Association (AILA), and The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA). She has held an ALA membership for more than13 years.

Pelayo-Lozada has served and continues to serve on various ALA committees at both the ALA and division level, including the Constitution & Bylaws Committee (2020-2022), the Budget Analysis & Review Committee (2019-2020), the Development Office Task Force (2017-2018), the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS) Advisory Committee (2016-2018) as APALA representative, the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Implementation Working Group (2016-2018), the Committee on Diversity  (2012-2016), the Spectrum Advisory Committee (2013-2015), the Planning & Budget Assembly (2016-2018) as elected council representative, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Membership Committee (2014-2016), the National Organizations Serving Children and Youth Committee (2012-2014) as liaison, and the LLAMA New Professionals Section Web Team (2014).

Additional leadership roles include chair of the Steering Committee on Organizational Effectiveness (2018-2020) and the ODLOS Advisory Committee (2016-2017).

Pelayo-Lozada was APALA Executive Director (2019-2022) and is a past president of APALA (2016-2017). She is a past chair of the Palos Verdes (Rolling Estates, California) Library District's BUILD Team, focusing on diversity and racial equity, and a Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature (CSMCL) board member (2012-present). She also is a 2011 ALA Emerging Leader.

Pelayo-Lozada holds an MLIS and a BA in sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and an AA in philosophy from El Camino College, Torrance, California.

The above is from the ALA website but more info about can be found out about Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessa_Kanani%CA%BBopua_Pelayo-Lozada

Resources

Connect lessa@lessaforlibraries.com @lessa4libraries / @lessaforlibraries

Visit https://www.lessaforlibraries.com/

Visit ALA https://www.ala.org/

Visit AASL https://www.ala.org/aasl/conferences/aasl23

Visit ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif

Visit Unite for Book Bans https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/

Visit APALA Asian Pacific American Libraries Association https://www.apalaweb.org/

Resources to Visit

Mitinet Library Services Website - https://www.mitinet.com/

Gumdrop Books Website - https://www.gumdropbooks.com

Gumdrop Books Remote and Onsite Web Page - https://www.gumdropbooks.com/DLearning.aspx

Gumdrop Books ESSER and American Rescue Plan Web Page - https://www.gumdropbooks.com/ARP.aspx

Gumdrop Books Online Web Store - shop.gumdropbooks.com

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Presentation Information

Inspired by Shannon Anderson, a presenter at the 2022 National Association for Gifted Children, this presentation aims to share creative strategies that can be implemented by teachers (and librarians) to encourage creative writing in a fun way!

Participants, Please Power Up Your Laptops!

Maridel Perez

Maridel Perez has been working with Elementary Students in the GATE program for 15 years.  She continuously strives to engage her students in a variety of creative and critical thinking activities to include Technology/Robotics, STEM and the Arts.

Sonya Ann Perez

Sonya Ann Perez has been working in early childhood education for 12 years. She has taught preschool and kindergarten prep in San Francisco and currently teaches the GATE Pre-K program at Machananao Elementary School. She has a passion for literacy and continues to incorporate various stories and literature into lessons with her young students. 

Lourdes "Laling" C. Eustaquio Hightower

Married to William C. Hightower, II

#14 in a family of 15.

CAREER

First Career: Traveling nanny for family

Second Career: Dental Assistant for over 15 years

Now works at Paradise Smiles Dental with husband

Third Career: Teaching

Worked at St. Francis Catholic School for 14 years taught : Kinder , Sped , and Family and Consumer

Science. Also was a Development Director.

EDUCATION

BA: Early Childhood

Masters: Special Education

INSPIRATION

Hobbies: baking, sewing and have tea parties.

Care Taker for the in laws

Started Post G Ministry with friends. Ministry assist Department of Correction inmates and their families.

No children but blessed with a lot nieces, nephews, and Godchildren from different parts of the world

Love working with Children.

Resources

Visit seusville https://www.seussville.com/

Clarissa S. N. Barcinas

Clarissa began her career as a part-time employee at the University of Guam in 1993 while attending classes, she participated in a Study Abroad Program with The American College of London for the Arts in 1995 studying Fashion Marketing / Fashion History. She graduated from UOG in 1998 with a B.A. in Consumer and Family Sciences with an Emphasis in Fashion Merchandising, completed UOG / Student Teaching Program (GWHS) in 2005. Is also an active member of the "National Association of Family & Consumer Sciences," and participated in annual conferences prior to Covid.

Mrs. Barcinas has been a full-time employee with UOG/Cooperative Extension Service since 1998 and has been an Associate II at the University for 25 Years. Was formally the Assistant Coordinator for Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), served the EFNEP Program for over 20 years of service while at the University.

Currently, she continues to serve as a Community Outreach Educator for the University of Guam, Cooperative Extension & Outreach Program, Family and Consumer Sciences Unit. FCS Program focus areas include Food Safety & Food Processing (value added product making), Family Resiliency (Youth Emergency Preparedness and Keys to Embracing Aging Program).

She enjoys working with the Community of Guam using Hands on Activity Curriculums.

Resources

Connect csnbarcinas@triton.uog.edu / 671-735-2029

Visit UOG College of Natural & Applied Sciences

https://www.uog.edu/schools-and-colleges/college-of-natural-and-applied-science/index.php

Visit Programs Cooperative Extension & Outreach

https://www.uog.edu/extension/consumer-and-family-sciences

Visit Keys to Embracing Well

https://www.aging.k-state.edu/programs/embracing-aging/embracing-aging.html