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The Friends of the Edmonds Library has selected Magenta Loera as the 2019-2020 recipient of its $4,000 University of Washington iSchool Scholarship.

The annual scholarship, now in its 26th year, is intended for a second-year graduate student who is a resident of Washington state and has focused studies on public librarianship.

“Community engagement through libraries synthesizes my primary interests in leadership, social responsibility and advocacy work, and I believe it is at the heart of what makes libraries transformative institutions,” Loera said.

“As a future Outreach-Community...