Mychal Threets grew up in Fairfield, CA: right between Sacramento and San Francisco. He grew up in libraries as a homeschool kid. He got his first library card at the age of 5 and was hooked on libraries from there. He got his first library job as a library shelver at the library he grew up in and worked his way up to become Supervising Librarian of that very same library. He has always been open about his mental health, and is adamant towards working to convince as many as possible that they belong in the world. He is a literacy advocate, a mental advocate, and is forever committed to library joy.”