Milwaukee Public Library Teen
Advisory Board Members
MALAYIA
- Grade 10
LaCORA - Grade 10
Messmer
High School Future plans: I
plan to graduate from a 4-year University, then once I graduate I plan
to move to California and become magazine editor for TEEN Magazine. Favorite line: "What's
real, is the beauty inside your soul." "You have to be hungry
for success to get it." Best movie ever made:High
School Musical 2 Unknown Facts about me: I love to
dance! As a teen advisor, I hope to help the
library interact with teens through more exciting activities.
Wisconsin Lutheran High School Future plans: I
plan on going to college, maybe Truth University or Georgetown University.
I want to go to medical school and become a cardiac surgeon. Favorite line: "Be
not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
some have greatness thrust upon them." (William Shakespeare) Best movie ever made:Pride
and Prejudice. Unknown Facts about me: One
thing people do not know about is that I still sleep with my teddy bear. As a teen advisor, I hope to make
a difference in at least one person's life.
GINA - Grade
12
ARIANA - Grade
9
Shorewood High School Future plans: Biochemistry
in Pre-Med & Doctor/PhD Favorite library moment: Harvest
Fest & making radio ads for Life After High School. Favorite line: "Life
isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself." Best movie ever made:Love & Basketball & Remember
the Titans Weirdest food eaten: Okra Unknown Facts about me: I’m
really into world issues & self rejuvenation, because I’m known for
being selfless, but you only have yourself. As a teen advisor, I hope create programs
for teens, and allow teens to get involved with the library.
Divine Savior Holy Angels High
School Future plans: Singer Favorite line: " Yesterday
is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift that’s why we call
it the present." Weirdest food eaten: Duck Best movie ever made:Pursuit
of Happyness Unknown Facts about me: I’m a good
basketball player. As a teen advisor, I hope to have teens do better and make something
of themselves. Try to stop the stereotyping against black teens.
MEGAN -
Grade 11
COURTNEY
- Grade 11
Rufus King High School Future plans: I
hope to become an international attorney Favorite library moment: In
6th grade when we had a library class to learn more about how to find books,
etc. Favorite line: "Our
deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure." Unknown Facts about me: I’m
really goofy. As a teen advisor, I hope to get more involved in the library as
well as get other teens involved.
Rufus King High School Future plans: To
be an archeologist Favorite library moment: My
6th grade library class. Favorite line: "Whether
you think you can or you can’t – You’re right." Best movie ever made:The
Mummy & Rush Hour 1 & 2 Weirdest food eaten: Frog
legs, but it tastes like chicken. Unknown Facts about me: I
play the piano. As a teen advisor, I hope to make the library more fun for
teens.
J'MAG
- Grade 11
KALIA
- Grade 11
Rufus King International Baccalaureate High School Future plans: College
Pre-Med Favorite library moment: Summer
and reading as much as I want. Favorite line: "Happiness
is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of travel." – Margret
Lee Kunbede Best movie ever made:Clueless Weirdest food eaten: escargot Unknown Facts about me: I’m
awesome. As a teen advisor, I hope to start a book club.
Rufus King International Baccalaureate
High School Future plans: I
plan to survive high school with a g.p.a. of at least 3.5 and go to some college
outside of Milwaukee. Favorite library moment: When
I won a writing contest. Favorite line: "It
is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." – Joanne
Kathleen Rowling Best movie ever made:Titanic Unknown Facts about me: I’m a
dancer. As a teen advisor, I hope to get teens to come back to the library
and participate in available programs
KRISTEN -
Grade 11
JASMINE
- Grade 10
Shorewood High School Future plans: I
plan to be a pediatrician Favorite library moment: Harvest
Fest and frosting cookies with children. Favorite line: "Live
like you're dying and love like you will never love again." Best movie ever made: Man
on Fire Weirdest food eaten: Fufu!
Yummy Unknown Facts about me: I am secretly overly
competitive. As a teen advisor, I hope to attract more teens to the library.
Wauwatosa West High School Future plans: Go
to a good college, get a degree in criminal justice, go to law school, become
a defense attorney. Favorite library moment: When
I find a book there that I have been waiting to read for months. Favorite line: "Life
takes you amazing places. So buckle up, and let's ride." Best movie ever made:Love
and Basketball Weirdest food eaten: Squid,
it was gross Unknown Facts about me: I have
written a book As a teen advisor, I hope to accomplish the goal of getting
more teens to go to the library for educational reasons.
SOJOURNER -
Grade 8
MAGGIE -
Grade 8
Roosevelt Middle School
of the Arts Future plans: To finish middle school strong and
proud, start and complete
high school on a good note, and attend college. After I complete my school years,
I'll see where the road will take me. Favorite library moment: My
favorite library moment was attending the Seedfolks Youth Ministry Book Club
at Capitol Library over the summer. We read books that interested teens like
myself and others. Favorite line: "A
mistake isn't a mistake until you don't correct it." Best movie ever made:The
Color Purple because it's a memorable movie and had memorable roles. Weirdest food eaten: Jicama.
Jicama is a vegetable that has a taste I can't even describe, it was so weird! Unknown Facts about me: Most people don't
know that I call my mean, evil side Sasha! Being mean and evil is totally out
of character for me so I think another person takes over my body. She hardly
comes out so that's good! As a teen advisor, I hope to accomplish the task of getting
more people, mainly teens, involved in different events.
Cudahy Middle School Future plans: When
I am out of high school, I would like to become a marine biologist. For
the first couple years of college, I would like to go to a school here in Wisconsin. Then, I would like to do my graduate studies
at Berkeley College in California. I would love to get an internship to
go to AIMB- The Australian Institute of Marine Biology. I would also like
to finish with a PhD in science. When I am done with college, I would like
to become an environmental marine biologist, but quite recently, I have thought
about becoming a lawyer. Maybe I can combine them both! After I travel
the world diving exotic coral reefs, I would like to go back to Berkeley and
become a professor there in the science department. Favorite library moment: When
I got a job as an assistant librarian at my school’s library. Favorite line: I
love any quote from the television show The Simpsons! Best movie ever made: A tuff choice between Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers, or Singin’ in
the Rain! Weirdest food eaten: frog
legs Unknown Facts about me: Although
I play the violin, I would love to play the cello! As a teen advisor, I hope to devise a reading program that
gets more kids interested in reading. I have had an idea for awhile that every
month or week, a librarian would pick out a book, and kids would have to guess
what book it is from clues that the librarian gave them. To win a prize,
they have to read the book and give a quote from it or state a favorite character
or chapter.
ELIZABETH
- Grade 11
PAOLA
- Grade 8
Wauwatosa East High School Future plans: Once
I'm done with high school I plan to go to college. Favorite library moment: When I
got my first library card, seriously, I wouldn't make this up. Favorite line: " Only
those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." (T.S.
Eliot) Best movie ever made: In
my opinion one of the best movies ever made
was National Treasure, I can't wait until the sequel! Though, I also love all
the Back to the Future movies, Clueless, The
Bird Man of Alcatraz and other random
movies too. Weirdest food eaten: The
weirdest food I've ever eaten was probably calamari, but now I love the stuff,
everyone should give it a try. Even the picky eaters out there (like me). Unknown Facts about me: I would
rather get blood drawn than go to the dentist, for me the dentist is like constant
nails on a chalkboard. That and one day I want to be president, but don't think
that means I don't know how to have fun or that I'm a freak of nature, I'm just
a tad dorky, aren't we all? As a teen advisor, I hope to add even more events to
get teens involved in their local libraries.
Samuel Morse Middle School Future plans: To
attend Rufus King High School Favorite library moment: Zablocki Favorite line: "Live
life to the fullest, because you never know when it will end." Best movie ever made:Superbad Weirdest food eaten: Chocolate
covered crickets & chocolate covered meal worms Unknown Facts about me: That
I fear many things. As a teen advisor, I hope to help out in the community and make
libraries better than what they are now.
JENNIFER - Grade
11
Riverside University High School Future plans: I
want to go to college, either MIT or UW-Madison Favorite library moment: When
my friend and I climbed the lighthouse at Central Favorite line: "Out,
out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing." Shakespeare Best movie ever made:National
Treasure Weirdest food eaten: Calamari Unknown Facts about me: I love
to play videogames, especially Xbox 360. As a teen advisor, I hope to get more teens involved in the library
by having movie nights, tutoring or Comedy Sportz