Role: Intern

Rohini Singh (she/her) is an archivist and social development practitioner with experience across grassroots and arts-based organisations. She has an interest in South Asian history, community-centered recordkeeping practices, digital preservation and audio-visual archiving, and wants to work towards making archives more accessible, empathetic and inclusive. She holds a B.A. (Honors) degree in Economics from the…

Iori Khuhro (she/they) is pursuing a Dual Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is working with the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA) to catalogue and digitize a fonds of 20,000+ photographs, promoting South Asian Canadian heritage, joy, and normalcy. She also works as a…

Nicole Hayes is an MLIS graduate student at the University of Arizona. Their area of study primarily concerns archives and public librarianship with an emphasis on disability, social justice, and critical archival practice. Their approach to preservation aims to decentralize dominant narratives and challenge linear notions of time rooted in western neoliberal ideals of progress.…

Olivia is a MLIS graduate student at The University of Arizona, College of Information focused on historic preservation, critical archival studies, and community archives. Born and raised in Tucson, Olivia is dedicated to preserving, documenting and highlighting hidden narratives and histories. As a FOCAS Intern working at The Dunbar Pavilion, Olivia has been assisting with…

Hana Lipke is an MLIS graduate student at the University of Arizona. Her scholarly interests include book and paper conservation, database infrastructures, and experiential technologies. As a FOCAS intern, Hana has assisted the Dunbar Pavilion with exhibit design and archival processing. She enjoys approaching these tasks in new and creative ways, utilizing her skills in…

Jules Baldino is an MLIS graduate student at the University of Arizona, focusing on archival studies. Their work largely focuses on bringing hidden and suppressed histories to the public in ways that aren’t typically conducted by the field, such as community participatory exhibits and exhibits at atypical locations. Their work at AQA has involved organizing…

Jose Robles is a graduate student from Santa Cruz whose studies have been focused on archival research and digitization. This lifelong resident of Santa Cruz county is making the transition from working in criminal defense litigation to library and information sciences as a way to continue helping marginalized communities and preserving their histories. Jose has…

Melissa Berry is an MLIS graduate student at the University of Arizona’s iSchool. Her scholarship has been focused on counter-hegemonic action, cultural resilience, and how to build communal power. In her capacity as a FOCAS intern, Melissa has been assisting MAHHM with their Tucsonense Oral History Project, compiling stories from elders to help keep their…

Moskoula Harisiadis is a writer, educator, and aspiring archivist. Her writing appears in Where We Live: The 2010 Girls Write Now Anthology; (R)evolution: The 2016 Girls Write Now Anthology; and ArLiJo. She has taught LGBTQ+ literature and history, as well as Creative Writing. She is currently pursuing her MLIS degree at Queens College, and is…