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My name is Ms. T. Parrott and this is my twelfth year as an educator. In my twelve years in education, I completed seven years as a 5^th grade teacher, and this is my fifth year as a media specialist. Since becoming a media specialist at Live Oak Elementary School, I have dedicated over $15,000 creating and opening our diversity section in our media center. This section in the Media Center caters to the demographics of our students by offering book titles with main characters that reflect their culture, ethnicity, and socio-economic background. The diversity section also offers books written by African American authors. I have also expanded our nonfiction section of the Media Center by adding over 1,500 new and updated titles. In hopes of engaging male readers, who statistically perform below their counterparts in reading, I have expanded the sports section based on male student surveys and feedback. I currently serve on the library-media leadership team, media specialist of the year committee, LOES media festival coordinator, and I am the founder of My Sister’s Keeper Mentoring Group. I am the Assistant Coordinator for NCSS Camp Ignite and I was a finalist for the 2019-2020 Media Specialist of the Year. I received my Bachelors of Science at University of West Georgia, Masters of Education in library and media science at University of West Georgia, and Educational Specialist in instructional technology at University of Georgia. My current favorite book titles in our Media Center is Masterminds, Precious and the Boo Hag, and Keena Ford.