I Love My Librarian Winner Olga Cardenas: Breaking Barriers To
Literacy
I
Love Libraries: 5.17.2017 by J Falcon
At
the Stanislaus County
Library in Modesto, California, Olga Cardenas makes it her mission to
deliver literacy programs, regardless of language or economic barriers.
It
is why she received a 2016 I Love My Librarian Award. Blessed with the ability to communicate in
English and Spanish, she reaches families in Stanislaus County burdened with
extreme poverty and facing cultural barriers.
Cardenas, who was nominated by the Friends of the Modesto Library, holds the key these families need to unlock
the potential for unlimited opportunities for their children.
As
the Youth Services Outreach Librarian, she reaches out to parents in their
communities, their workplaces and their houses of worship. Her outreach efforts
have also led her to forge partnerships between the library and businesses,
service organizations and schools. WATCH
01:47
Librarians
touch the lives of the people they serve every day.
The
I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like you to recognize the
accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or
university librarians.
Nominations
for the 2019-2020
I
Love My Librarian Award are open through October 21
