Kate DeMeester

Kate DeMeester is a library services manager for Pima County Public Library. She is also the manager for the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson. Kate is dedicated to advocacy for those experiencing poverty or homelessness and represents PCPL regarding these issues on internal Pima County committees and broader community coalitions. She is passionate about reducing barriers to access, especially those that are created and replicated by libraries as a middle class institution.