Current & Past Work

LIVEN UP YOUR LIBRARY
“Learn how librarians can positively effect change in areas like digital equity and inclusiveness, while creating powerful programming for middle and high school students.”
Available to buy:

Educator & Community Discussion Guides

Tumble

Tumble Educator’s Guide by Celia Pérez

Breaking The Chains

Breaking the Chains by William Loren Katz

High School Collection

Penguin Randomhouse Secondary Curriculum

Brown Girl Dreaming

​​Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

Becoming YA Edition by Michelle Obama

​​Let Me Hear a Rhyme Tiffany D. Jackson

All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani

We Are Not From Here By Jenny Torres Sanchez

The Beautiful Struggle YA Edition by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

Strange Birds by Celia C. Pérez

 DisruptTexts Guides

Zonia’s Rainforest by Juana Martinez-Neal

Hemingway by Ken Burns (Documentary)

Dreams From My Father YA Edition by Barack Obama

When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell

Star Child by Ibi Zoboi

Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again

A Year To The Day by Robin Benway

The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

Online Publications

“Riding Schools of Reading Trauma” American Libraries Magazine

“Most school books don’t reflect diverse characters. This Denver librarian is trying to change that.” -Chalkbeat

“Going Gradeless in Urban Education” -teachersgoinggradeless.com

“Higher Learning” –Essence Magazine – July/Aug 2019

“Read to Discuss; Read as Resistance” – Follett

“Going Beyond Diverse Collections” – Follett (with Jillian Heise)

“The Switch to Genrefication” — American Libraries Magazine

“Activating Community and Social Engagement through Digital Citizenship” — Pear Deck

“The Essential Leadership of School Librarians” – ILA Literacy Brief (co-author)

“Powerful Partnerships: On the critical role of libraries and how they can work with literacy educators to nurture students’ reading lives“

Moving from book clubs to teen advisory boards – Julia E. Torres

Why student voice should be central to school libraries – KQED

Print Publications

Core Values in School Librarianship (Contributor)

Continuing the Journey 2: Becoming a Better Teacher of Authentic Writing (Contributor)

Include: AASL Standards Framework Shared Foundations Series (Contributor)

School Library Management Harvey II, Carl A., Church, Audrey P. (contributor)

Professional Accomplishments and Accolades

MAEd, MA, MLIS (2023)
  • NCTE Affiliate President – Colorado Language Arts Society
    • Past President, 2015-2016
    • Assistant Online Editor, Statement, 2012-Present
  • NCTE Diversity and Inclusivity Task Force Member – 2016-2019
  • NCTE Executive Board Member 2018-2020
  • ALAN Board of Directors
  • Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee Member 2020-2022
  • Educolor Steering Committee Member 2020-Present
  • Book Love Foundation Board Member 2020-Present
  • Library Journal Mover and Shaker 2020
  • Denver Public Schools Distinguished Educator 2017, 2018, 2019

Get in touch

Email: julia@juliaetorres.net
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