About Vivid
Vivid "Viv" Young (she/her; pronunciation) is an LIS professional
and humanities educator with numerous professional and creative projects.
Through her professional and creative works, Vivid is an advocate for
open access, intellectual freedom, Jews against colonialism,
and intersectional transfeminism.
Beyond that, Viv is a sister, daughter, aunt, trans Ashkenazi diasporist, artist, and writer. She received her Bachelor's of Arts in English and French from Amherst College with the Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Certificate. Before pursuing her Master's of Library and Information Science at Simmons West with a concentration in Libraries and Librarianship, Viv served for three years as a middle school humanities teacher and literacy instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts. Prior to that, she served as the Instructional Technology Specialist for the Five College Blended Learning and Digital Humanities initiative at UMass Amherst. She has written brakhot meditations (also available as a PDF in zine form upon request) for the publication Tefillat Trans, and created the published artwork for the month of Tishrei in the 5784 Radical Jewish Calendar.
How To Navigate This Site
If you'd like to learn more about my experience as an information professional and humanities educator, visit the “Resume” page.
To get in touch with me, please fill out the form on the “Contact” page, and I'll email you back eventually.
For a link tree of resources I've created and from sources I trust, visit the “Resources” page.
To get a more in-depth view of my creative works, peruse the “Projects” page.
