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Takahiro Hisada
Informatics, 2002
Takahiro has been working for Google for the past 2.5 years, and relocated to the company's Bay Area headquarters in 2015.
Monica Jackson
MLIS, 2002
As of 2025, Monica was hired after graduation as a Teen Services Librarian at Seattle Public Library (Delridge Branch). After a couple moves, she has been at Sno-Isle Libraries since 2011 as a children's librarian (Lake Stevens Library), an assistant library manager (Mukilteo Library), and is currently the Library Manager at the Arlington Library.
Ariel Johnson
MLIS, 2002
Ariel just graduated Capella University in 2015 with a PhD in Education, specializing in Curriculum and Instruction. Before earning her doctorate, she was the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society's Cataloging Librarian at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Library.
Regina Kays
MLIS, 2002
In 2012, Jeannie was appointed as the library director of the Palm Springs Library Center. She had worked for Library Services and Systems, Inc. for the previous 10 years, first as a branch manager of the Cathedral City Library, then as the city librarian for the Palm Desert Library. Jeannie lives in Coachella Valley with her husband, Mike, and is an avid reader and technology buff.
Emily Keller
MLIS, 2002
Emily is the Political Science and Public Policy Librarian at University of Washington Libraries, where she supports a number of social science programs through outreach, instruction, reference and collection development. She is also actively involved in the Washington Library Association, and will be traveling to Myanmar this spring to work with university librarians on information literacy and subject librarianship in public policy.
Jonell Lee
MLIS, 2002
Jonell and her husband Christopher, also a UW alumnus, welcomed Ava Lee into their family in July 2012.
Monica McQueen
MLIS, 2002
Monica has been Head PYP Librarian at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland since 2012, promoting reading, information and technology skills and experimenting with gamifying the library program.
Alexis Meyners
MLIS, 2002
As of 2020, Alexis is working as an independent contractor in online marketing in Spain and has lived there since 2003
Jeanette Mills
MLIS, 2002
Jeanette has been staff in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design for over 26 years. After more than two decades managing image collections for teaching (first 35mm slides then digital images), her primary focus became website content management for the School in 2014. This is an extension of her many years as the School's news and events writer. She also initiated a social media presence for the School in 2009, and she still manages their Twitter account. In 2016, Jeanette helped the School launch a new website in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences and its Drupal-based Department Web Framework.
Jeanette Mills
MLIS, 2002
As of 2025, Jeanette is happily retired and volunteers one afternoon a week at the Burke Museum.