Tata Cañuelas is devoted to sharing programs that celebrate holidays and explore cultural diversity. She has planned programs for such well-known holidays as Groundhog's Day and St. Patrick's Day. She has established and grown connections in the community, and with them has presented creative events introducing Day of the Dead, Chinese New Year, and Diwali to the broader community. Tata brings passion and enthusiasm to her programs and looks forward to sharing them with Westchester's families. She earned her MLS at Queens College. Tata loves to travel, watch movies, read (especially cookbooks), cook, and eat.
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Responsibilities: Librarian I.Department: Trove and Youth Services.
Caroline Reddy was born in Shiraz, Iran and moved to the United States when she was eight years old. She fell in love with stories after reading The Last Unicorn and Boy's Life. She has a Master of Arts in Writing from Manhattanville College, an MLS from Queens College and a background in Education. Caroline has been involved in a variety of writing communities including For the Love of Words and Immigrants & Exile. Her work has been published in Breadcrumb Magazine and The Literary Oak Review. She is interested in developing the notion of Writing Boxes to motivate young
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Responsibilities: Librarian I.Department: Trove and Youth Services.
Originally from Maryland, Erica received her MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill in 2022. She's a fan of storytelling and roleplaying in all its forms, but her favorite RPG at the moment is Wanderhome. Outside of the library, she can be found walking around town, catching up on TV shows/movies she missed during her school years, playing games and RPGs with friends, or reading (of course!).
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Responsibilities: Librarian I.Department: Edge, Trove, and Youth Services.
Lilian Boyd is a Teen librarian, working with teens in the Edge. She began working in libraries as a Library page in 2013. She earned her Masters of Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and MLS from Queens College. Her passion for connecting the community with free services is what led her to public libraries. She is excited to create college and career programming for teens in the White Plains community. In her free time Lilian enjoys traveling, photography, biking, learning to roller skate and hiking with her husband.
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Erika grew up and lived in South-Central PA for most of their life. After a few years working behind the scenes in broadcast news, she went back to her hometown library to work the circulation desk while she earned her MLS at PennWest-Clarion. Now in White Plains, Erika is excited to bring their love of stories to kids at The Trove. When not in the library or reading, Erika can be found browsing for vintage toys, playing video games, lifting weights, or petting any domesticated animal.
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