Librarian
Los Angeles Public Library
Sheridan Jay Cazarez is a Youth Services Librarian at the Long Beach Public Library. At LBPL, he coordinates Summer Reading and other reading initiatives, facilitates early literacy programs, bilingual programs, and community engagement and outreach. He has presented on translation and cultural competency for early literacy programming at the REFORMA National Conference, California Library Association Conference, and the Seguimos Creando Enlaces Conference.
He received his MSLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is an ALA Spectrum Scholar. His studies examined bilingualism and early literacy, and culturally competent services to Latinxs and Spanish speakers. Sheridan holds a BA in Spanish, from California State University at Long Beach, where he studied the histories, literatures, cultures, and politics of the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula, and translation methodologies. He's also served as a union steward and Public Information Officer for IAM Local 1930, the union that represents City of Long Beach employees. As part of his stewardship, he successfully grieved injustice in the application of the Long Beach's bilingual pay, that ended in the awarding of $20,000 in retroactive pay and changes in Human Resources policies around bilingual pay.
Aside from labor activity, he's active with the LA Chapter of REFORMA.
Friday, June 28, 2024
9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
Sunday, June 30, 2024
11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific