Doris Mendez-DeMaio

Doris Mendez-DeMaio is the Palm Beach County Library System’s Acreage Branch Manager. After an 18-year stint in various roles at the South Florida Water Management District, she began her library career as a Children’s Librarian at PBCLS’s Hagen Ranch Branch in 2012. In 2015, she became the Head of Children and Teen Services at the Main Library and was promoted to her current position in 2018. Ms. Mendez-DeMaio holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University and a Master’s Degree in Library Science from the University of South Florida. In 2022, she combined her love of literacy with her commitment to social justice and started a book club for Juvenile clients at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters.