Biography

In her 21+ year career in the profession, Zandras experience includesservice in public and school library systems. She is currently the leadlibrarian at Vandegrift High School in Austin, TX since 2009. Zandraenthusiastically promotes young adult literature and information literacythrough instruction and collection development. She is active in statewideorganizations and committees working to improve and enhance school librarycommunities in both Colorado and Texas. She worked on the committee toreevaluate licensing assessments for Colorado educators in the school libraryfield and was on the sub-committee for the drafting of information literacystandards in Texas. Most recently she is involved with the AASL InspireSpecial Event Grant subcommittee.