Teena Nelson is from Siletz Oregon, a small town near coastal Oregon. She has worked as a Youth program co-ordinator for about 18 years with Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City, Oregon. She has volunteered as a storytime person for many years in her town's tiny Siletz Public Library, was a preschool teacher as her 4 daughters came along, was a longline tub baiter in the Port Orford fishing industry and was a member of fishermens wives for over 30 years. She works programs for babies through teens in the Lincoln City library and loves to sing as well. She has been known to do some opera during storytime!