Episode 43:Conrrado Saldivar on Advocacy, Leadership, and Censorship

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Conrrado Saldivar is Past President of the Wyoming Library Association and Tech Services Manager at the Natrona County Library in his hometown of Casper, WY. He received his MLIS in 2021 from the University of Washington iSchool and is a 2019 ALA Spectrum Scholar. As one of the few BIPOC librarians in Wyoming and as a leader in the Wyoming library community, he has worked to support EDI efforts in Wyoming, both for library staff and his community. In October 2023, he received the Wyoming Library Association’s Outstanding Hero/Heroine Award (alongside the Legislative Committee Chair) for his work in fighting against adverse legislation that would target library materials written by and about members of the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.