In my journey to completing my MLIS, many people have supported me along the way. I have been able to accomplish what I have because those mentioned below and my many colleagues mentioned throughout my portfolio. To any I have forgotten, I'm sorry! But also I can edit this page and add to it at any time.
To my parents Michael and Lisa Davis for their love, support, and encouragement always, but especially for putting up with me while I was working on this degree.
To my sister Emily Davis for her long-distance love and support from Mexico, especially for answering any Spanish question (and to Daniel, too).
To Rebecka, Brett, and Jonas Peterson for Sundays spent together.
To Alex, Robert, Morrison, and Theodore Fitzgerald for Arkansas weekends spent running around, moving furniture, and deciding what to eat.
To Vanessa Rodriguez and Heather Martinez for every encouraging text, gif, and funny video and for basically all the things.
To Dave and Laura Nelson for their encouragement, leadership, and instruction while I was in Spanish school and beyond.
To Beth Brown for telling me I wouldn't regret going for my master's on a windy Oaxacan road.
To Natasha, Levi, and Ari Costello for an always open door for story-telling in Springfield.
To Gina, Dan, Annabella, and Joel Farcas for meeting me where I was in the middle of this messy graduate journey.
To Kend Mullison for ending up unexpectedly on the librarian path together long distance and supporting me along the way.
To Laura Izzo for listening to my many shouty stories from afar.
To Christine Randolph for being my lifelong friend.
To Meghan Mansur for inviting me to join her book club and friendship and to Rachel Zeiss for welcoming me in book club and friendship.
To Lindsey Panxhi for years and years of conversation about books.
To Ms Margie and her unwavering support, belief, and prayers on my behalf.
A Christina Da Silva, Maria Elena Kuykendall, Blanca Delgado, Magaly Gomez, and Maricruz Bravo por su apoyo y amistad.
To the many DeLongs, Mains, Judkins, James, and Kislers for being my family and saying, "Naturally," when you learned I would be a librarian.
To St James Church and Thrive Church for each being there when I needed them.
To the teachers and students of Peace Academy for welcoming me with open arms as their new public library children's librarian.
To Dr. Holly Allen for her guidance as my adviser in my undergraduate career at JBU.
To Joy Carr and Tori Hamilton for their encouragement and partnership in Storytime and librarianship.
To the families of the Herman and Kate Kaiser for embracing me as your new children's librarian.
To the staff of Martin Regional Library and Herman and Kate Kaiser Library for bringing great library service to our communities.
To Stephanie Huaman for her resilience, encouragement, and bravery.
To Katlin Seagraves for welcoming me to the club.
To Marie Welden for believing in me, encouraging me to get my MLIS, and making sure I was in the right places at the right times.
To Jason Patteson for inviting me to join your team, twice.
To Mark Cotner for Tuesday lunches and Theranos discussion.
To Jannell Johannes for bringing a fresh perspective.
To Rebecca Howard for her encouragement and leadership.
To Kat LeFevre for being the best school buddy I've ever had.
To Dr. Martens for her support, insight, and encouragement as my academic advisor and professor in the MLIS program.
To Dr. Brown for an excellent course to finish out my library career and for taking the time to be a faculty representative on my panel.
To Laura Raphael for wanting me on your squad of children's librarians long ago and for supporting me along the way.
To all the books I've read before for helping me get here.
To the characters who have inspired and encouraged me in books and other entertainment: Anne Shirley and Diana Barry; Omakayas; Lara Jean Covey; Claudia, Kristy, Mary Anne, and Stacy; Eleanor Shellstrop and Tahani Al-Jamil; Ayesha; Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel; Sarah Walker; The Princess in Black, Leslie Knope, Annie Walker,
To the writers, journalists, authors, leaders who I've learned from and who have given me things to think about (and now can't wait to have time to catch up on reading their work): Rachel Held Evans, Sarah Bessey, Dr. Brené Brown, Anne Helen Peterson, Marie Lu, Jen Hatmaker, Jenny Han, Anne Bogel, John Lewis, Addie Zierman, Micha Boyett, Malinda Lo, Maureen Johnson, Lauret Savoy, Louise Erdrich, Emily Freeman, Isabel Quintero, Kevin Kwan, Janet Mock, Brit Bennett, Meg Medina, Heather Avis, Candice Millard, D.L. Mayfield, Alyssa Mastromonaco, Hena Khan, Angela Dominguez, Aisha Saeed, Saadia Faruqi, Alyssa Cole, Alexis Daria, Christina Lauren, Mackenzi Lee, Jasmine Guillory, Liza Mundy, Maurene Goo, Tessa Dare, Helen Hoang, Beverly Jenkins, Ibi Zoboi, Alisha Rai, Dr. Debbie Reese, Angie Manfredi, Lisa Sharon Harper, Linda Holmes, Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant...
To the podcasts I listened to: ZigZag, Here to Make Friends, Next Right Thing, Marketplace Tech, See Something Say Something, How I Built This, The Good Place The Podcast, Nerdette, What Should I Read Next, Pop Culture Happy Hour.
To the musical artists whose music carried me through this degree: Florence and the Machine, Kesha, Coldplay, Muse, George Winston, Haim, Beyoncé, Johnnyswim, Sara Bareilles, Bomba Estéreo, Marta Gómez, Natalia Lafourcade, Santigold, Sia, Chvrches, Tycho.
To my sister Emily Davis for her long-distance love and support from Mexico, especially for answering any Spanish question (and to Daniel, too).
To Rebecka, Brett, and Jonas Peterson for Sundays spent together.
To Alex, Robert, Morrison, and Theodore Fitzgerald for Arkansas weekends spent running around, moving furniture, and deciding what to eat.
To Vanessa Rodriguez and Heather Martinez for every encouraging text, gif, and funny video and for basically all the things.
To Dave and Laura Nelson for their encouragement, leadership, and instruction while I was in Spanish school and beyond.
To Beth Brown for telling me I wouldn't regret going for my master's on a windy Oaxacan road.
To Natasha, Levi, and Ari Costello for an always open door for story-telling in Springfield.
To Gina, Dan, Annabella, and Joel Farcas for meeting me where I was in the middle of this messy graduate journey.
To Kend Mullison for ending up unexpectedly on the librarian path together long distance and supporting me along the way.
To Laura Izzo for listening to my many shouty stories from afar.
To Christine Randolph for being my lifelong friend.
To Meghan Mansur for inviting me to join her book club and friendship and to Rachel Zeiss for welcoming me in book club and friendship.
To Lindsey Panxhi for years and years of conversation about books.
To Ms Margie and her unwavering support, belief, and prayers on my behalf.
A Christina Da Silva, Maria Elena Kuykendall, Blanca Delgado, Magaly Gomez, and Maricruz Bravo por su apoyo y amistad.
To the many DeLongs, Mains, Judkins, James, and Kislers for being my family and saying, "Naturally," when you learned I would be a librarian.
To St James Church and Thrive Church for each being there when I needed them.
To the teachers and students of Peace Academy for welcoming me with open arms as their new public library children's librarian.
To Dr. Holly Allen for her guidance as my adviser in my undergraduate career at JBU.
To Joy Carr and Tori Hamilton for their encouragement and partnership in Storytime and librarianship.
To the families of the Herman and Kate Kaiser for embracing me as your new children's librarian.
To the staff of Martin Regional Library and Herman and Kate Kaiser Library for bringing great library service to our communities.
To Stephanie Huaman for her resilience, encouragement, and bravery.
To Katlin Seagraves for welcoming me to the club.
To Marie Welden for believing in me, encouraging me to get my MLIS, and making sure I was in the right places at the right times.
To Jason Patteson for inviting me to join your team, twice.
To Mark Cotner for Tuesday lunches and Theranos discussion.
To Jannell Johannes for bringing a fresh perspective.
To Rebecca Howard for her encouragement and leadership.
To Kat LeFevre for being the best school buddy I've ever had.
To Dr. Martens for her support, insight, and encouragement as my academic advisor and professor in the MLIS program.
To Dr. Brown for an excellent course to finish out my library career and for taking the time to be a faculty representative on my panel.
To Laura Raphael for wanting me on your squad of children's librarians long ago and for supporting me along the way.
To all the books I've read before for helping me get here.
To the characters who have inspired and encouraged me in books and other entertainment: Anne Shirley and Diana Barry; Omakayas; Lara Jean Covey; Claudia, Kristy, Mary Anne, and Stacy; Eleanor Shellstrop and Tahani Al-Jamil; Ayesha; Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel; Sarah Walker; The Princess in Black, Leslie Knope, Annie Walker,
To the writers, journalists, authors, leaders who I've learned from and who have given me things to think about (and now can't wait to have time to catch up on reading their work): Rachel Held Evans, Sarah Bessey, Dr. Brené Brown, Anne Helen Peterson, Marie Lu, Jen Hatmaker, Jenny Han, Anne Bogel, John Lewis, Addie Zierman, Micha Boyett, Malinda Lo, Maureen Johnson, Lauret Savoy, Louise Erdrich, Emily Freeman, Isabel Quintero, Kevin Kwan, Janet Mock, Brit Bennett, Meg Medina, Heather Avis, Candice Millard, D.L. Mayfield, Alyssa Mastromonaco, Hena Khan, Angela Dominguez, Aisha Saeed, Saadia Faruqi, Alyssa Cole, Alexis Daria, Christina Lauren, Mackenzi Lee, Jasmine Guillory, Liza Mundy, Maurene Goo, Tessa Dare, Helen Hoang, Beverly Jenkins, Ibi Zoboi, Alisha Rai, Dr. Debbie Reese, Angie Manfredi, Lisa Sharon Harper, Linda Holmes, Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant...
To the podcasts I listened to: ZigZag, Here to Make Friends, Next Right Thing, Marketplace Tech, See Something Say Something, How I Built This, The Good Place The Podcast, Nerdette, What Should I Read Next, Pop Culture Happy Hour.
To the musical artists whose music carried me through this degree: Florence and the Machine, Kesha, Coldplay, Muse, George Winston, Haim, Beyoncé, Johnnyswim, Sara Bareilles, Bomba Estéreo, Marta Gómez, Natalia Lafourcade, Santigold, Sia, Chvrches, Tycho.