Marcus Brown has worked in the field of education and multimedia for more than 15 years.  He served as the Math & Media Instructor at The Genesis School and was responsible for producing weekly live radio shows, KC Teen Talk on 1590 and Genesis On The Air on KKFI 90.1 FM. Students participating in this program produced live in-studio and field productions.

In addition, Mr. Brown has worked in the area of virtual/online learning, facilitating small group and one on one learning over the web.  He has conducted multimedia and/or writing workshops at WEB Dubois Learning Center, ACE Schools, Cristo Rey High School, American Jazz Museum and The Boys and Girls Club.

Currently, Mr. Brown is the lead educator for KCDML, which provides a hands-on environment for youth to engage in the latest technologies. He graduated with his bachelors from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Although new to her role as the KCDML Youth Services Librarian at the Southeast Branch, Ms. Collins has been a Southeast Branch team member for the past three years. During her tenure at the branch, she served as a mentor for The Kansas City Digital Media Lab’s Pharobots robotics team, assisted in multiple teen engagements, and fulfilled the KCDML’s 2018 AmeriCorps VISTA position. As a VISTA she focused on: developing relationships with community partners, managing KCDML social media, website development, and building capacity.

Before joining the Library, Ms. Collins attended the University of Missouri, Saint Louis, serving as a student mentor for St. Louis Public Schools while completing her BA degree.  In her new position she intends to build strong relationships with the surrounding community and families, and plans to create programming that will bring families back into the Southeast Branch while helping young people explore their creativity by engaging in something new.

Arliss has a love of animation, video games, cartoons, comic books, and Batman. This love led her to a career as an animation and visual effects artist for film and television. A self-proclaimed nerd, Arliss is always happy to geek out with anyone about anything from Star Trek to Naruto. 

Arliss has worked on feature films such as Little Prince and Twelve Strong, TV shows such as Paradise Run for Nickelodeon, and the YouTube documentary series Defying Gravity. She joined the DML at the end of 2021 and has been enjoying working with young people and helping them see the potential for taking something they love and making a career out of it.  

Although new to the KCDML, Kody Stadler has been working with youth in libraries since 2019 and has worked in music production since he was a teenager. Graduating from Washburn University, Kody also specializes in writing and photography and encourages students to learn a variety of skillsets that they can then combine and use in new and exciting ways.

When he’s not working at KCDML, Kody collaborates with other community partners to produce his own work, often based in music or photography, and enjoys traveling with a good book. 

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