Melissa McCollum is the Community Library Manager at the Lawndale Library – a branch of the County of Los Angeles Public Library. In the last three years, she’s secured over $20,000 in grants for library projects promoting community health, including creation of the Lawndale Ocean Friendly Garden and Lawndale Lifestyle (lawndalelifestyle.com).Melissa previously worked at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health Library. She earned a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.Melissa is a 2011 Fellow of the Eureka! Leadership Institute.