Our team

David Mazor

Founding Executive Director

Reader to Reader’s founder, David Mazor, has been widely recognized for his devotion to literacy. The honors he has received include: the Library of Congress State Literacy Award, Celebrate Literacy Award from the International Reading Association, Janet Dakin Award for Human Services, Special Citations from both the Massachusetts State House and State Senate, and the Massachusetts Literacy Champion Award. Mazor was one of four people nationwide to be profiled in the 2006 edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease.

Jinaabah Showa

Navajo Nation Outreach Coordinator

Jinaabah Showa is a Navajo Nation Outreach Coordinator in New Mexico, teaching college readiness classes to high school students. Originally from Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo Nation, her clans are Taabaha and Biligaana. She attended Brown University for both her bachelor and masters degrees. Starting her teaching career in Korea, she eventually moved closer to the Navajo Reservation and had been teaching in Albuquerque for the past four years. Jinaabah loves traveling, writing, and experimenting with origami.

Eran Hornick

Navajo Nation Outreach Coordinator

Eran Hornick is a Navajo Nation Outreach Coordinator in New Mexico, teaching college readiness classes to high school students through our Blueprint for Success program.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Mazor
Founder and Executive Director

Jane Yolen
Board Member
Children’s Author, Educator
Award-Winning Author, The Devil’s Arithmetic, and 280+ Books

Ken Lopez
Board Member
President emeritus of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.

Allen Morrill
Board Member
Director Langehneim Memorial Library, Thiel College.

John Lawrence Ré
Board Member
Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

J. Anthony Roberts
Board Member
Photojournalist.