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Paola Vilaxa (she/her/hers)

Public Service Manager for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Jefferson County Public Library

Paola Vilaxa is the Public Services Manager for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Arvada Library at the Jefferson County Public Library in Colorado. For over five years she has worked in EDI for libraries, focusing on community engagement based on cultural humility and community lead library services.
She first studied journalism in Valparaiso, Chile, and recently obtained her MLIS from San Jose State University. She identifies as an immigrant woman of color whose intersectionality fuels her passion for working with underrepresented communities, especially immigrants and people of color.

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