Latina librarian boosts library
Maria Elena Olmedo, Watsonville librarian
- Originally from Jocotepec in Jalisco, Mexico
- Family came to Watsonville to work in berry and artichoke fields, where Olmedo would go and help on the weekends
- Worked several hours a week at the library at her high school
- Got her start at the Watsonville public library, started as a page; was eventually promoted to a clerk and then to library assistant
- Helps develop the Spanish language collection
- Originally from Jocotepec in Jalisco, Mexico
- Family came to Watsonville to work in berry and artichoke fields, where Olmedo would go and help on the weekends
- Worked several hours a week at the library at her high school
- Got her start at the Watsonville public library, started as a page; was eventually promoted to a clerk and then to library assistant
- Helps develop the Spanish language collection
Creator:
Hannula, Tarmo
Source:
Register-Pajaronian
Date: 2014-03-06
Type:
NEWS; DOCUMENT
Coverage:
2010s
Identifier: CF-54661
Collection
Citation
Hannula, Tarmo. “Latina librarian boosts library.” Register-Pajaronian. 2014-03-06. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/130443. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.