She works with a significant number of children and families from Asian and Pacific Islander backgrounds. She currently serves on the 2017 Caldecott Committee. APALA provides a forum for discussing problems of APA librarians and for the exchange of ideas between APA librarians and other librarians. APALA also supports and encourages library services to APA communities, recruits and mentors APA librarians in the library/information science professions, seeks funding for scholarships in library/information science master’s programs, and provides a vehicle enabling APA librarians to cooperate with other associations and organizations with similar or allied interests.