Rosie Jacobson

Rosie oversees school library partnerships at the high school level through building strong connections with school communities, neighborhood stakeholders, and students. She also works closely with Penn student workers in multiple capacities, supporting their professional skill building and career exploration.

A long-time informal educator, Rosie is passionate about literacy as liberation and knowledge access for all people. She came to the Libraries following her work with the Philadelphia Film Society as the Education and Community Programming Manager, where she oversaw and facilitated the Albert M. Greenfield Student Screening Series, ran the Philadelphia Film Festival Field Trip program, and helped to grow the Movies on the Block Series throughout Philadelphia. Previously, she worked with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, where she led and designed curriculum for the pilot Teen Reading Lounge at West Philadelphia High School (WPHS), organized and facilitated an internship program for high school students, and facilitated library programming at WPHS through her work with Penn students. She has also worked as a volunteer tutor with Mighty Writers and has experience working with students on authoring their own stories through zine creation.

Rosie graduated from Earlham College with a degree in Sociology/Anthropology and earned a M.S.Ed in Education, Culture, and Society from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.