Cat Tang
MLIS Student, San José State University
Cat Tang (she/her) began the SJSU MLIS program in spring 2023 and is set to graduate in spring 2026. She is a 2025-2026 American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholar and a two-time recipient of the SJSU iSchool Continuing Student Scholarship (fall 2024, fall 2025). Currently she serves as the Chair of the SJSU ALA Student Chapter (ALASC), which won the 2025 ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award for its notable contributions to SJSU and ALA, and is also an officer and founding member of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) iSchool Student Group. Cat works for two public libraries in the county of Los Angeles, providing youth services and leading her library’s adult literacy department.