Becky Calzada is the 24/25 President of the American Association of School Librarians. District Library Coordinator in Leander, Texas and is a co-founding member of Texas #FReadom Fighters, a grass-roots led group of librarians launched back in October of 2021 in support of intellectual freedom and to highlight the positive work of school librarians. She is a member of the ALA Policy Corp Proactive Advocacy on Book Banning cadre and is a past  member of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee. She is the recipient of several intellectual freedom awards and was honored by People Magazine in their 2023 Women Changing the World portfolio. She recently co-authored Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: A Workbook for Navigating Intellectual Freedom Challenges Together which released June 2024.