Janel Bedor Griffiths is currently an elementary library media specialist in the Appleton Area School District, in east-central Wisconsin assigned to two primary libraries and schools. Past experience includes working in rural school districts as a technology director and coach, library media specialist (K-12), gifted and talented teacher, online instructor, distance education teacher, grant writer, middle school math teacher as well as owning her own estate sale business. In her free time, she likes to read, travel, volunteer at the animal shelter and write. She's a dedicated world traveler and lives in Appleton with her Jamaican husband, three grown stepdaughters and one naughty cat.