Deputy Director
Libraries Without Borders
Katherine Trujillo is the Deputy Director/Director of Education of Libraries Without Borders (LWB US), the US branch of Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, an international nonprofit committed to expanding access to information, education, and culture around the world. Since joining the team, Kat has helped launch pop-up libraries in Baltimore, Detroit, the Bronx, Oakland, San Antonio, Ecuador, and Puerto Rico. In her current role, she is responsible for cultivating a culture of continuous improvement within the organization and across its national programs. To that end, she leads the organization’s efforts to create tools and training materials for librarians, local nonprofits, and community members who want to replicate the outreach models LWB US has developed to promote equity and access.
Prior to LWB, Kat worked at Humanity in Action, the White House Domestic Policy Council, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the National Head Start Association, where worked on education, health, human rights, and immigration policy. Kat is a proud Cal alum and recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which funded her graduate studies at The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. She also holds an LL.M. from the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University, where she studied as a George Mitchell Scholar. Kat was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles.
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Sunday, June 26, 2022
1:00pm – 2:00pm