Danielle M is a 23-year-old student at St. John's University who was born and raised on Long Island. She has an Associate's degree from Suffolk County Community College and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Dowling College, where she minored in Spanish. Danielle has worked at the Sayville Library as both a page and clerk and enjoys reading, crocheting, cats, and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in her free time.

1. ABOUT ME
Danielle M
St. John’s University

2. BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• My name is Danielle
• I am 23 years old
• I was born and raised on Long Island
• I was a Girl Scout for 9 years and earned the Gold
Award
• My decision to become a children’s librarian was
influenced by my library volunteer work and my desire
to work with the community

3. EDUCATION
• Earned an Associate in Arts from Suffolk County
Community College (2011)
• Obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from
Dowling College (2013)
• Minored in Spanish
• Member of Alpha Chi
• Dowling College
http://www.dowling.edu/

4. WORK EXPERIENCE
• Sayville Library
• Library Page
• Duties included shelving, gathering
requests for ILLs, and training new
employees
• Library Clerk
• Duties include updating online program
calendar, assisting with programs, and
compiling program statistics

5. HOBBIES & INTERESTS
• Reading – My favorite genres include realistic fiction
and teen literature
• Crochet – I have made blankets, hats, and scarves
• Cats – I have only one but hope to have several in the
future
• Favorite Piece of Classical Music
• Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

6. FAVORITE LITERARY QUOTES
• “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
• “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How
much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I
have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an
excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
• “There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult
fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's
book.”
― Philip Pullman