Hey! I'm Marilyn Mauritz, your Librarian/Media Specialist Philosophy: Sharon Draper, a young adult author, used these words to describe herself as a person and as an educator: “…I see rainbows where others see only rain, and possibilities when others see problems…I am a learner and a seeker of knowledge, and I take my students along on my journey. I smile often, and laugh easily, and I weep at pain and cruelty. I love what I do, and I’m good at it. I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.” I like how she sums up my feelings about my work and how I feel about it. [Back]