Biography

In her 21+ year career in the profession, Zandras experience includes
service in public and school library systems. She is currently the lead
librarian at Vandegrift High School in Austin, TX since 2009. Zandra
enthusiastically promotes young adult literature and information literacy
through instruction and collection development. She is active in statewide
organizations and committees working to improve and enhance school library
communities in both Colorado and Texas. She worked on the committee to
reevaluate licensing assessments for Colorado educators in the school library
field and was on the sub-committee for the drafting of information literacy
standards in Texas. Most recently she is involved with the AASL Inspire
Special Event Grant subcommittee.