Valarie participates in the Circle of Learning scholarship program to earn a MLIS at San Jose State University and works in an elementary school library. Interests include emerging technology, information literacies, participatory services, the integration of Libraries, Archives and Museums, and Indigenous information institutions. She believes in the transformative power of LAMs, their ability to contribute to community development, and the opportunity digital and emerging technologies offer to sustain Indigenous cultures and provide access to cultural information.

~ Regional Representative for the Alaska Association of School Librarians.

~ Chair of the Alaska Native Issues Roundtable of the Alaska Library Association.

~ Student President of SJSU SLISConnect.

~ Co-founder & co-leader of the Seward Code Club for the youth of Seward, Alaska.

~ Operates a local non-profit used children's clothing donation program, since 2005.


Projects:

~ Developing an online community for those who serve Native people, with the Alaska Native Issues Roundtable of the Alaska Library Association.

~ Libraries Build Community presentation & Tumblr.


BA in Communication & Psychology from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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