 Hello, I'm Allie Lauer, a grateful recipient for the Special Session Scholarship for Continuing Students in Spring 2021. I would like to thank the San Jose State University School of Information, Acting Director Dr. Linda Main, and the Committee for Student Awards and Scholarships co-chaired by Dr. Mary Bowlin and Dr. Mary Ann Harlan. In my application, I described the programs, services, and leadership that I've offered my middle school in the last two years as a teacher librarian. I am the first teacher librarian at my school in almost a decade, and as such, I have faced many challenges. I am grateful for the ways that my time in the iSchool has informed and challenged my work and connected me to the larger world of librarianship, especially teacher librarianship. I've been given many tools through the iSchool to become a stronger leader and advocate for school libraries, which unfortunately are frequently the targets for defunding, not only in my city of Los Angeles, but in the state of California in general. I'm eager to advocate not only for the school libraries that my students need, but also on a larger scale for school libraries. Thank you again for this acknowledgement and support which strengthened me as I joined the fight to advocate for the school libraries our students need and deserve.