Jessica Langlois is a highly experienced librarian, documentarian, and information resources manager with nearly two decades in the non-profit and education sectors. Jessica has served as a Library Director, Research Librarian, and Instructional Librarian for colleges and municipal libraries and served as Director of a local chapter of a national adult literacy program. She attended the University of Rhode Island for her Master’s degree, where she was a Spectrum Scholar and a member of the Beta Phi Mu Honor Society, and Roger Williams University, where she was the founder of the school’s chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society. She spent a year with Americorps before attending graduate school.

Being of both African American and Mi’kmaq descent, Jessica has spent her career dedicated to promoting equity and inclusion for BIPOC and people affected by systemic and cyclical economic poverty. She is an ally of the LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit communities.