About

Her volunteer work began 24 years ago in her sons’ schools starting as a Room Parent, to Field Trips Chaperone, and every other volunteer job opportunity including St. Francis High School POSH Fundraiser co-chair.

She is a community advocate involved with various philanthropic and service organizations.  She is a current member of the Cabrini Literary Guild has served as past President & other board positions; Soroptimist International of Glendale has served as past Officer and other positions; Kiwanis Club of Glendale has served as past Board Director & Membership Committee Chair; Glendale College Foundation serving as a Board Member.  Other organizations she’s been involved with are the Arturo Sandoval Institute, Childhelp, Family Promise of the Verdugos and the Glendale YWCA.

Immediate Past President; it’s been an honor to serve as President from 2015 to 2017 and I look forward to the continued success of GLA and awarding scholarships to deserving Latino students in Glendale.  She is married to Louis I. Finkelberg; together they have 3 sons; Kyle, Sean and Matt; and has been a resident of Glendale again since 1989. She is dedicated to giving back, passionate about making a difference, help those in need and is the best way to feel connected to her community.

Guillermo was born and raised in Mexico City. He is a recently graduated student with a Masters’ Degree in Library Science from the University of North Texas. He got his bachelor’s degree in Library Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), in Mexico City, Mexico. He moved to the United States in 2005. Guillermo currently oversees the literacy, ESL and Immigrant Services office at the Glendale Downtown Central Library. He is also the Spanish Outreach contact at the library.

As an immigrant of Hispanic origin and a regular user of the library, Guillermo recognizes the importance of diversity and social inclusion by providing library services for the Hispanic community.

Hispanics share a collective cultural identity, but at the same time we have different cultural backgrounds. Therefore, cultural diversity is one of the things that is crucial to recognize when working with Spanish speakers. Providing library services for Hispanics is not an easy task. It requires true participation of the Hispanic community through outreach programs, as well as being creative in finding ways to engage the community to use the services of the library.