Micaela Duran (she/her) is a current graduate student in the University of Washington’s Master of Library and Information Science program. She holds a BA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Anthropology from Colby College, where she developed a critical understanding of power, identity-making, and collective memory. Her previous experience in equity-based archival work led her to Densho, where she serves as a Digital Archives Intern. In this role, she is digitizing, processing, and describing collection materials related to the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Through her work, she is committed to ethical stewardship and fostering community-driven approaches to archival preservation.
