Dana Skwirut has been working in public libraries since 2013 and currently works as the Youth Services Supervisor (aka storytime and payroll) in a public library in Morris County, NJ. Before working in libraries, she worked in various retail stores, a dry cleaners, and a roofing company, nearly perfecting her customer service and register tape changing skills along the way. She has been featured in the Children’s Book Review and as an American Library Association New Member Roundtable Member of the Week.
Professional interests include programming that encourages creative freedom, information and technology literacy for children and teens, usability of both online sources and library spaces, trends in social media and juvenile literature, and throwing awesome New Year's Eve parties.
Personal interests include traveling, learning to use her new camera, buying records, emojis, petting dogs, being outside, yoga, glitter, visiting museums, and buying yarn but never finishing a knitting project.