I am a veteran educator with 25 years of experience as both a high school social studies teacher and a library media specialist. I am a Certified Google Innovator and a Local Activator for the Future Design School. I recently co-authored News Literacy: The Keys to Combating Fake News and my innovator project, Mediated Messages, focuses on nurturing media literacy. In 2017 I was awarded the Connecticut Association of School Librarians' Carlton W.H. Erickson Award for an auspicious beginning in media services and was the 2016 recipient of the Connection Region 9 Teacher of the Year award.