UCLA LISAAA Class Notes

{Received May 3, 2007}

- I was a wet behind the ears children’s librarian at LA
Public Library in Echo Park. One of my first programs
attracted 210 kids and the fire marshall.

- Later, to my surprise, I scored high on the senior exam. I
was placed as a Senior of the Malabar branch of LAPL,
located in one of the worst gang-ridden neighborhoods of Los
Angeles. My programs included Cesar Chavez’ grandson, a
successful graduate and inspirational speaker from Father
Greg Boyle’s HomeBoy Bakery, the Los Angeles Opera, and no
fire marshall.

- Two LAPD library lockdowns and a few driveby shootings
later, I made the very tough decision to step down and go
half time. Seriously though, my son was diagnosed with
autism, and with a pending divorce, I made an equally
rewarding decision to spend more time with him, and still
give quality time to the public library as a Bilingual
Children’s Librarian for the Arroyo Seco Regional branch of
LAPL.

thats all.. hope you enjoyed reading Jeni

Jennifer Zambrano, Children’s Librarian
L.A. Public Library - Arroyo Seco #05
6145 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles 90042
(323) 255-1359

Lisa is another California native, and has always lived neared Los Angeles with the exception of a 5 year stint on Catalina Island.  She received at BA in Communication from USC in 1990, her MLIS from UCLA in 1999 and currently holds the position of Manager, Information Architecture and Usability at Spot Runner, Inc. Over the last few years she’s had the privilege to work with a number of different companies as diverse as Disney and Countrywide.  Her professional passion is the design of the online and application-based user experience in all forms.  She’s professionally active with IAI, ASIST (SIG-IA), IXDA, ACM (SIG-CHI), AIGA (SIG-Experience Design), and loves to attend conferences and talk shop. Plus, she still finds time to serve on the Rose Bowl Aquatics Club Board of Directors (Water Polo) where her son plays and volunteer for the PTA. In her spare time, Lisa can be found reading, prowling flea markets, playing with her English Mastiff or freezing poolside at a water polo game. Feel free to drop her a line at Lisa@lisacolvin.net.