Name and title\/position at ALSC:<\/b>\u00a0 Linda Mays. Program Officer, Projects and Partnerships.\u00a0 This includes managing grants we receive to further certain projects, such as El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros.\u00a0 I also work with outside organizations to promote libraries and literacy, such as PBS and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
\nHometown:<\/b>\u00a0 Chicago
Education:<\/b>\u00a0 BA in English and Journalism
Family (including pets!): <\/b>\u00a0No siblings;\u00a0 but I have 23 cousins, and I stay in touch with all of them.
Years with ALSC\/ALA:<\/b> 7 with ALSC;\u00a0 10 (this April) with ALA
Favorite Children\u2019s book (as a child):<\/b>\u00a0 Black Beauty
Favorite Children\u2019s book (today):<\/b>\u00a0 Too many to mention
Favorite Author:<\/b>\u00a0 Richard Peck is one among many.
What celebrity would you like to meet (if any)?<\/b>\u00a0 Anna Quindlen;\u00a0 she is so insightful.
What junk food is your downfall?<\/b>\u00a0 Ice cream;\u00a0 any flavor
Favorite vacation spot?<\/b> Vancouver, B.C.
If you weren\u2019t working at ALSC, what would your dream job be?<\/b>\u00a0 Honestly, this is<\/u> my dream job.\u00a0 I think the work of ALSC lets all the staff know that we make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Name and title\/position at ALSC:\u00a0 Linda Mays. Program Officer, Projects and Partnerships.\u00a0 This includes managing grants we receive to further certain projects, such as El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros.\u00a0 I also work with outside organizations to promote libraries and literacy, such as PBS and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Hometown:\u00a0 ChicagoEducation:\u00a0 BA in English and JournalismFamily (including pets!): \u00a0No siblings;\u00a0 but I have 23 cousins, and I stay in touch with all of them.Years with ALSC\/ALA: 7 with ALSC;\u00a0 10 (this April) with ALAFavorite Children\u2019s book (as a child):\u00a0 Black Beauty Favorite Children\u2019s book (today):\u00a0 Too many to mentionFavorite Author:\u00a0 Richard Peck is one among many.What celebrity would you like to meet (if any)?\u00a0 Anna Quindlen;\u00a0 she is so insightful.What junk food is your downfall?\u00a0 Ice cream;\u00a0 any flavorFavorite vacation spot? Vancouver, B.C.If you weren\u2019t working at ALSC, what would your dream job be?\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[79,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-alsc-office","category-our-organizational-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}