Author: diversityfellow

I was given the great opportunity to speak at Syracuse University’s Library and Information Science Student Assembly’s(LISSA) Filling in the Spaces(FitS) event. For more information about this annual event, check out LISSA's Day of FitS event At the annual event, I wanted to encourage and inspire our future librarians.  I gave a presentation entitled, “The… Continue reading Filling in the Spaces: FitS 2019 Conference

So I have to admit something. I did not know about the human library until last year.  Sorry, we did not talk about this unique and wonderful concept in graduate school.  So when my mentor Twanna told me about the human library, I knew that I would want to experience this one day. Syracuse University… Continue reading The Living Library

I was the Librarian and Diversity Fellow at the SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library. I accepted a position as a Liaison Librarian at Edward G. Miner Library at the University of Rochester. As a result, my fellowship has come to an end at the Health Sciences Library. During my time at Upstate I… Continue reading Big News!!!

I have decided to do a monthly Must Read Monday book instead of weekly. June's Must Read book selection is Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine written by Damon Tweedy M.D.  Dr. Damon took me on a journey in this profound book about becoming a doctor.  He was honest… Continue reading Must Read Monday Selection: 06/10/19

I am happy to start my Must Read Monday series on my blog! I am a health sciences librarian who is grateful to be apart of our faculty book club that was started between our Libray staff and our Student Affairs staff.  The book that I want to recommend was the first book that we… Continue reading Must Read Monday Selection: 05/13/19

So one of the librarian stereotypes that I truly embrace is that I love to read.  Since I am a commuter I have so much time to listen to audiobooks. Usually, I can read at least 4 books in a month.  I will be adding a must read section to my blog.  There are so… Continue reading Coming Soon!