Girls Write Now Mentee Tara Isabel Lago Speaks with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff about the Freedom to Read

Girls Write Now mentee Tara Isabel Lago recently spoke with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff about the freedom to read

New York, NY – May 22, 2024

The New York Public Library recently hosted Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Matt Nosanchuk, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, as they joined teenagers to discuss bans on books and the necessary protection of freedom to read.

Among the teenagers brought into the conversation was Girls Write Now mentee Tara Isabel Lago, who was recently published in Teen Vogue as the winner of the New York Public Library’s Freedom to Read Writing Contest.

“The Second Gentleman and Deputy Assistant Secretary spoke about the administration’s efforts to protect the freedom to read and shared that they were inspired by the conversation,” writes NYPL Staff.