PLA announces record number of conference scholarship winners in celebration of ALA’s 150th anniversary

PLA gratefully recognizes the corporate and individual donors that make it possible to award scholarships to public library workers to attend the PLA Conference. We invite you to invest in the future leaders of the profession by donating to the Friends of PLA Fund. 

Scholarship recipients are listed below in alphabetical order:

• Stephanie Addison, Ethel Everhard Memorial Library, WI 

• Christina Amarillas, Avondale Public Library, AZ  

• Hannah Amherst-Kemps, MN 

• Jennifer Amlong, Elba Public Library, AL 

• Sophia Anderson, Virginia Public Library / Arrowhead Library System, MN 

• Nakia Armstrong, Memphis Public Libraries, TN 

• Yoly Avella, NY 

• Sydney Baer, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH 

• Katelyn Baker, Samuel S. Pollard Memorial Library, MA 

• Tabatha Baker, Scott County Library System, IA 

• Sam Bashakevitz, Denver Public Library CO 

• Sandra Beda, IL 

• Kerry Bentler, Lone Cone Library, CO 

• Sammie Betler, Casey County Public Library, KY 

• Atlanta Boggs, Rowan County Public Library, KY 

• Anna Bognolo, Greenfield Public Library, MA 

• Debra Bonine, Manatee County Public Library, FL 

• Victoria Brander, Orange City Public Library, IA 

• Kiwana Bridges, Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library, KY 

• Jessica Brown, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH 

• Elizabeth Bushlack, MN 

• Nicole Cabrera, South Brunswick Public Library, NJ 

• Rosie Camargo, South Holland Public Library, IL 

• Keturah Cappadonia, Southern Tier Library System, NY 

• Conner Caraman, Charleston County Public Library, SC 

• Citlalli Cardenas, Dominican University, IL 

• Sarah Carpenter, Brodhead Memorial Public Library, WI 

• Stephanie Carreno, IL 

• Matthieu Castillo, University of South Florida, North Carolina 

• Heidi Cheramie, Grand Isle Library, LA 

• Cheyenne Chontos, Harrisburg Community Library, SD 

• Patricia Conway, Holbrook Public Library, MA 

• Isabella Cook, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 

• Glory Creed, MN 

• Joan Delgado, NY 

• Alicemarie (AM) Dillon, St. Mary's County Library, MD 

• Arnessa Dowell, Guam 

• Bree Drapa, South Burlington Public Library, VT 

• Jessica Duzan, Lexington County Public Library, SC 

• Estefania Eiquihua, United States Army Garrison (USAG) Italy Vicenza Library AE 

• Jocelyn Embert, KY 

• Dana Fanslow, IL 

• Jennie Fidler, Oconomowoc Public Library, WI 

• Kerstin Finsness, East Central Regional Library, MN 

• Sherry Fisher, University of Washington iSchool, WA 

• Victoria Freeny, Adams County Library System, PA 

• Lisa Garro, MO 

• Wynter Giddings, Freeport Community Library, ME  

• Hannah Gingrich, Geneva Public Library, NY 

• Lin Gokee, UW-Madison WI 

• Chantal Gonzalez, CA 

• Savannah Gould, Akron Summit County Public Library, OH 

• April Green, Catawba County Library System NC 

• Pauline Grey, MA 

• Kateri Gruber, Great River Regional Library, MN 

• Susan Guthrie, Puskarich Public Library, OH 

• Isabelle Haines, University of Washington, WA 

• Jennifer Harden, Frankenmuth James E. Wickson District Library, MI 

• Arlisa Harris, Forrest City Public Library, AR 

• Sarina Haryanto, University of Washington – Seattle, MD 

• Taylor Hazan, Wilkes County Public Library, NC 

• Jean Louise Heflin, Guntersville Public Library, AL 

• Ingvild Herfindahl, MN 

• Guadalupe Herrera, TX 

• Yvette Herrera, CA 

• Laura Hess, University of Missouri (current MLIS student), NE 

• Monika Hetzler, FL 

• Hannah Hodge, student at Texas Woman's University, TX 

• Andrew Hoppmann, Lied Public Library, IA 

• Vanessa Howland, IL 

• Alexus Hunt, Burbank Public Library, CA 

• Rachel Infinger, Dorchester County Library, SC 

• Madeline Jarvis, Two Harbors Public Library, MN 

• Cindy Jewett, NH 

• Emilia Jury, McIntosh Memorial Library, WI 

• Sloane Kazim, NJ 

• Donghyun Kim, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, HI 

• Munju Kim, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI 

• April King, Gnadenhutten Public Library, OH 

• Kira Koop, Winnipeg Public Library, Manitoba 

• Joseph Kreye, MN 

• Carrie Langendorff, Bridger Public Library, MT 

• Susan LaPaugh, Dunedin Public Library, FL 

• Rachel Lavigne, Jackson County Public Library, WV 

• Amber Ledford, NC 

• Becca Levin, Somerset County Library System of NJ (SCLSNJ) - Hillsborough branch, NJ 

• Maryan Liban, Kent State University, OH 

• Emily Lloyd, MN 

• Isariya Locke, Fresno County Public Library, CA 

• Judy Low, Pasadena Public Library, CA 

• Olivia Luhring, IA 

• Jillian Martin, Laramie County Library, WY 

• MJ McCarry, Oshkosh Public Library, WI 

• Julianna Meinz, Brooklyn Public Library, NY 

• Lain Mendonça dos Santos, Brazil 

• Abigail Merkl-Goertz, Anoka County Library, MN 

• Virginia Morgan, Cooper Landing Community Library, AK 

• Maria Motley-Arnold, VA 

• Mckenzie Murphy, McPherson Public Library, KS 

• Ethan Nelson, NE 

• Julia Nettleton, Blue Earth County Library, MN 

• Bailey Neumann, Duluth Public Library, MN 

• Shelby O'Hara, IL 

• Cassidy Oliver, Middle Country Public Library & Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, NY 

• Olivia Olson, Red Wing Public Library, MN 

• Erica Owan, University of Washington Information School, WA 

• Manuel Pasillas, Gilbreath Memorial Library, TX 

• Kristen Pierri, Denver Public Library, CO 

• Nathaniel Allen Pila, DC Public Library, DC 

• Krosheska Portillo, USC Student/LAPL, CA 

• Judy Pruitt, Jerseyville Public Library, IL 

• Cynthia Ramirez, Palatine Library District, IL 

• Ruby Ramirez, CA 

• Jezebel Ramirez-Robles, Santa Ana Public Library, CA 

• Morgan Reardon, Cloquet Public Library, MN 

• Megan Reddin, Milwaukee County Federated Library System, WI 

• Rheanna Reeder, East Lansing Public Library, MI 

• Cynthia Ries, San Jose State University, IA 

• Jessica Rojas, Union County Library, NC 

• Camille Rose, Kankakee Public Library, IL 

• Avalon Ruby, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 

• Tara Russell, Anderson Public Library, KY 

• Carolina Saldivar, Denver Public Library, CO 

• Julia Samaniego, Imperial Public Library, CA 

• Jasroop Singh Sarana, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, HI 

• Alex Schwier, UW-Madison, WI 

• Cat Sebright, Northfield Public Library, MN 

• Tim Sena, Anoka County Library, MN 

• Madeline Sharpe, ND 

• Tricia Sheridan, West Florida Public Library, FL 

• Victoria Silva, Safford Public Library, AZ 

• Andrea Snyder, Skaneateles Library, NY 

• Megan Sockness Teeple, IA 

• Kristin Sopoci, Cook Public Library, MN 

• Maggie Strittmater, Fond Du Lac Public Library, WI 

• Lana Sweeting, Multnomah County Library, OR 

• Eliana Tang Kleiman, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, IL 

• Cassandra Taylor, Smyrna Public Library, TN 

• Corissa Thompson, University of Iowa and the Johnston Public Library, IA 

• Nichole Thompson, Portage County District Library, OH 

• Felicite Toney, AK 

• Natalia Torres Camargo, Northfield Public Library, MN 

• Valarie Turner, Olathe Public Library, KS 

• Wil'Lani Turner, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System, MS 

• Adrianna Waters, Boone County Public Library, KY 

• Heather Wheeler, KY 

• Sarah (Bookie) Wilson, Woodford County Library, KY 

• Keirstin Winslow, Suffolk Public Library, VA 

• Taylor Worsham, Upper San Juan Library District, CO 

• Katie Zipperer, Limon Memorial Library, CO  

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