This is Ms. Gonzalez's first year as Lawrence High School's Library Media Specialist. She is excited to be working at a facility, and with an administration, that is innovative and hi-tech. She feels that librarianship is not about being an anti-social hermit and saying "shhhh" all the time. Librarianship is about service and education. A Library Media Center should be a hub of social interaction wherein knowledge, ideas, and aid are freely exchanged and grown. Learning today is about collaboration, and collaboration takes noise! Ms. Gonzalez also has a special passion for virtual worlds and distance education. She is virtually everywhere! Ms. Gonzalez currently lives in Branchburg, NJ with her fellow teacher-husband Mike, her daughter Emma Rose, her Portuguese Water Dog River, and her Standard Poodle Zen.