What WPLU Board position are you?

Pwesident
 

How long have you been with the organization?

Since the literal beginning (2020)
 

What brought you to libraries?

I volunteered at WL as a teenager, then went to OSU for music and worked in the Music & Dance Library at OSU while there. I decided libraries was the route I wanted to go professionally after getting my bachelor's in music, so then went to Kent State for my MLIS.

Why did you get involved with WPLU?

Job security, higher raises, better schedules, the solidarity of it all. I love working in a public library, but know that vocational awe is often preyed upon and utilized to make workers take on more for the same amount of pay. To take care of library workers is to take care of the library's community.
 

What does WPLU mean to you?

Solidarity and community. It's important to me to know that we're all standing together, fighting for what's right and serving as a conduit to a better work-life balance, livable wages, and actual communication with those above us who were making the rules about what we do without having recent, or sometimes even any, on-the-ground experience themselves.
 

What celebrities share your birthday?
John Suckling, English poet, playwright, and inventor of cribbage. Also Emma Roberts.
 

What is a "perfect" day for you?
No work, no plans, I can sleep in, shuffle about doing some mindless chores, talk with my friends and family, cross stitch, crochet, watch true crime youtube videos, and listen to true crime podcasts. Most importantly I would not have anything going on the next day either so I can fully "relax" and not have to be thinking about what time to go to bed or prepping my lunch for work or anything.

What would be your last meal?
Maybe a good tofu rice bowl? Or a grilled cheese with tomatoes and pickles on it. Definitely a Handel's PB cup hurricane.
 

What's one thing you would want WPLU members to know about you?
I love pickles. I am the pickle friend. I go to an annual pickle festival each summer and have a tattoo of a jar of pickles. I can't be stopped.