About me
Paola grew up in Medellín and Bogotá, Colombia, and Spanish is her first language. Children's and adult literacy, and teaching English as a second language are some of her interests. She has worked with children and their parents for 35 years as an educator and a librarian in California, Nevada and Texas. She contributed to the State Summer Reading Manuals in Nevada and Texas and presented at several State Library Conferences on the subject of how to do Bilingual and Dual Language (Spanish-English) Storytimes. She has also presented literacy trainings for caregivers in Las Vegas, Carson City, NV and Austin, TX. Paola developed Dual Language storytimes at APL.
