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Julia Cheng

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As Manager, Development & Operations, Julia is responsible for operations, Salesforce management, and contributing to donor engagement strategies. Prior to joining Worldreader, Julia served as the Development and Communications Manager at the Center for Racial Justice in Education and the Briefing Director at the New York State Department of Financial Services. Julia strongly believes that … Continue Reading →

Partnership Announcement

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Share the Magic Foundation and Worldreader collaborate on the READMarathon to keep children reading. 10 September 2021 – San Francisco, CA and Atlanta, GA. San Francisco-based, global education nonprofit Worldreader and Atlanta-based literacy nonprofit Share the Magic Foundation are pleased to announce a partnership that will bring reading to thousands of children.  Worldreader believes that … Continue Reading →

Sabrina Abreu González

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Sabrina Abreu González

With a focus on the U.S. and Latin America, Sabrina is responsible for acquiring and commissioning high-quality, impact-driving content for the BookSmart digital library. Prior to joining Worldreader, she worked in educational sales at Lectorum Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Scholastic, and later served as an associate librarian at the Instituto Cervantes, New York. A … Continue Reading →

Veronica Gutierrez

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Veronica Gutierrez

As the Senior Director of Global Human Resources, Veronica focuses on developing and leading HR strategies globally across Worldreader. Some of these strategies include workforce planning, talent management, employee relations, and regulatory compliance. She brings over 18 years of HR experience to Worldreader from growing start-up companies to mid-size. Enhancing the employee experience is her … Continue Reading →

Kevin Lewis

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As the IT Manager, Kevin focuses on developing and leading IT strategies globally across Worldreader. These strategies include Systems & Database Administration, license management, onboarding and offboarding, and data security compliance. He brings over seven years of IT experience to Worldreader supporting a variety of many sizes of companies. He thrives to enhance the employee … Continue Reading →

Sonny Lacey

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Sonny leads the product ideation and feature design for Worldreader’s public and internal products, driving reader and partner adoption in underserved communities. His 25-year career has spanned military, commercial and non-profit work in North and South America, Africa and Asia. For the past 10 years, he has worked with childhood literacy application development and book … Continue Reading →

5 Essential Books on Race and Inclusion for Kids

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Following recent protests, children are asking more and more questions about race in America. Worldreader’s free library provides children’s books, authored by Africans and African Americans, to help guide these important discussions.