Emma Kalff is an oil painter who is passionate about social justice. She spends her time teaching painting classes, working various outdoor jobs, and ordering books for LFL! Reading is one of her favorite things to do, and she thinks often of the many wonderful books that have changed her life.
Emma’s family immigrated to the US from the Netherlands in the 90’s. Libraries for Liberation initially started out as a family project that she and her father, Jurriaan Kalff, came up with after the murder of George Floyd.
Sandra Soto is a teacher at heart and believes in the power of education to empower communities and transform society. She loves to build bridges, smash silos, and bring people together. Sandra also loves to learn; she has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Boston University and a master’s degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, but finds that her students have taught her more than her classes ever have. Sandra hopes to convey to the world the message that King Azaz and the Mathemagician gave her beloved Milo from The Phantom Tollbooth: “so many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.”
Alisa De Los Santos has always loved to learn and is that person who reads both the assigned and unassigned reading cover to cover. She believes in the power of an author’s voice to leap off the page and demand that the reader change their life and their world. She enjoys organizing people and projects, and simultaneously has been learning about how to control her impulse to manage everything all the time. When she is at her best, she can be found facilitating conversations about education, family and community engagement in schools, and racial justice.
Libraries for Liberation 