Sheridan Cazarez

Sheridan Jay Cazarez is a librarian in the Exploration & Creativity Department at the Los Angeles Public Library. Before LAPL, he worked in youth services at the Long Beach Public Library where he conducted a weekly bilingual storytime program called Cuentos y Cantos in tandem with his colleague Luisa Leija. He has presented on bilingual facilitation, translation practices, and cultural competence in early literacy programming at the REFORMA National, California Library Association, and American Library Association conferences. He also translates songs and rhymes for bilingual storytime, which he’s presented at the Seguimos Creando Enlaces Conference, through California Libraries Learn (CALL) Academy and with PCI Webinars. He also runs Bibliocuentos.com, a bilingual storytime website he launched with Luisa Leija in 2022.