Julie is a Denver Channel 7 EVERYDAY HERO. (2020)
The Denver Post Pen & Podium Series and The Denver Post Community Foundation Recognize Partners in Literacy in 2022 and 2025.
In both 2022 and 2025 Partners in Literacy has been a Denver Post Pen & Podium charitable partner. Here board member, Mary McNeil Cheever, and Julie stand backstage with author Bonnie Garmus, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY.
Colorado Public Radio Interviews
CO BLUE SPRUCE YA BOOK AWARD JUDGES
Students from two of our Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Book Groups were interviewed by Ryan Warner on Colorado Matters, a daily program of Colorado Public Radio last April.
To read the story, click of the link below. To hear the story, click on the link and press LISTEN NOW.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/04/young-adult-book-teams-compete-in-teen-reading-competition
This team is from Dolores Colorado. These three students have participated since 2022.
When Jenny Brundin, education reporter for Colorado Public Radio, heard the interview with Ryan Warner and the Colorado Blue Spruce YA book student judges and mentor, she wrote:
“The interview with the kids and Matt was SO good…”
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/07/report-teens-reading-less-some-disagree
