{"id":1097,"date":"2023-03-10T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtsindexing.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T19:17:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtsindexing.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1097\" class=\"elementor elementor-1097\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-105af49e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"105af49e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-e-bg-lazyload=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f32993f\" data-id=\"f32993f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796d2345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"796d2345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I am a back-of-the-book indexer living in Altadena, California.\u00a0 Before coming to indexing I worked in public libraries for over 14 years.\u00a0 \u00a0My family and I have lived in many different areas in the US from the mountains of Colorado to the shorelines of Virginia and California.\u00a0 Most of my library career has been spent in Youth and Family Services doing everything from storytimes, programming, circulation, collection development, and reference, to managing entire departments.\u00a0 I taught for a few years as an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. teaching a graduate class titled &#8220;Children&#8217;s Literature Across the Curriculum, PK &#8211; 8th.&#8221;\u00a0 I have also previously led library staff teams and trainings in Cultural Competencies and other Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion topics.<\/p><p>I am Black and Vietnamese (although I unfortunately do not speak Vietnamese or any other non-English language besides a minimal amount of Spanish).\u00a0 My mother was a Vietnamese refugee and my great-great-grandfather was Booker T. Washington.\u00a0 I was born in Denver, Colorado and have lived in the United States my entire life.<\/p><p>In addition to my experiences in libraries and working with children and families, my interests include deep research into very random topics, travel, and crafts of all kinds &#8211; including but not limited to pottery, needlework, fiber crafts, and sewing.<\/p><h6><strong>My indexing interests and specialties include child development, literacy, parenting, education, library sciences, psychology, folktales and mythology, travel and culture, DEI and social justice topics, how-to books, crafting, photography, dance, and children&#8217;s books.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6><p>Please contact me even if your book topic is outside of these specialties and we can discuss if it would be a good fit.\u00a0 As a former public librarian I am a generalist and love research, so I will be able to produce a quality index for a wide assortment of books.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h4>Education<\/h4><h6>Washington University in St. Louis\u00a0<\/h6><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies; Minors in Photography, Psychology, and Dance<\/p><h6>University of Denver<\/h6><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Master of Library and Information Science<\/p><h6>University of California Berkeley<\/h6><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Indexing Theory and Application<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-461fc442 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"461fc442\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d80a57e\" data-id=\"2d80a57e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68825dae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68825dae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Let's Work Together<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62829863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62829863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;d love to discuss your project and answer any questions you have about me or the indexing process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b3c12b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"34b3c12b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mtsindexing.com\/index.php\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get in touch<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b1a31f4\" data-id=\"6b1a31f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba7898 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba7898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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