I grew up in community theatre. After my BA, I took several years off to act and direct in off- off- off- Loop theatre in Chicago, then dove back into scholarship to earn an MA/PhD in theatre history/criticism/text/theory. I worked as an arts education librarian with a large non-profit performing arts organization for 11 years, went back to school for my MLS, and emerged an academic reference and instruction librarian with a passion for teaching and learning.