Amy Cheney, Librarian & Advocate, has served the underserved for over 25 years including adults in county and federal facilities, students in juvenile halls, non-traditional library users and people of color. In 2008 she was awarded the National I Love My Librarian! award from the New York Times/Carnegie Corporation. Her program was also honored by the White House Arts and Humanities award for at-risk youth in 2006. Her theme song is "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" by Cake.
With over 70,000 youth in lockdown across the country, books of interest to this population and those that care about them—which should be all of us—are extremely important.