Sabrina Baêta is a senior program manager with Freedom to Read at PEN America. She engages in research and awareness-building around censorship attacks on public K-12 education, especially as it relates to literature accessibility in libraries and classrooms. Sabrina graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Music in Voice, and then from the University of Central Florida with a Master of Nonprofit Management. She is a poet, essayist, and writer and prior to PEN America, worked in educational publishing and in a variety of performing arts and education nonprofits.
Sabrina Baêta
Senior Program Manager, Freedom to Read
Articles by Sabrina Baêta
Pride Month: A Banned Book Reading List
The last two years have seen unmitigated attacks on LGBTQ+ content in public school libraries, with 26% of banned books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes. For Pride month, PEN America recommends books that center LGBTQ+ stories and authors.
Memo on School Book Bans from PEN America
The final count for the 2023-2024 school year will be released later this fall along with a public Index of School Book Bans.
