Youth Services Librarian
Redondo Beach Public Library
Helaire Hamilton Mitchell obtained her MMLIS from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. She also possesses a BA in Psychology and a BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. She is currently the Youth Services Librarian at Redondo Beach Public Library. As an African American child, born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she noticed that there weren't many books with characters that looked like her or her family, but that didn't damper her passion for books and reading. Once she became a youth services librarian, she made it a point to work on diversifying her library's Juvenile & Teen Collections because she believes that every child should be able to see themselves on their library's bookshelves.
Multitudes: The Power of Authentic & Diverse Representation in Muslim Stories
Sunday, June 30, 2024
2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific