Amanda Chin is a reference and instruction librarian at Green River College. She earned her MLIS from the University of Washington, with a scholarly focus on information literacy, critical pedagogy, migration and information behavior, and immigrant experiences with libraries. Prior to transitioning into librarianship, Amanda was an international and immigrant English instructor, having earned her MA in second language studies from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She has taught in a variety
of contexts in the States and Japan.