I work as a Preservation Archivist at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Film Archive on the Blackhawk Films Collection and as the Assistant Archivist at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. My current research is concerned with the obsolescence of technical expertise within the field of moving image archiving and preservation. In tandem with this research, I also serve as the Co-Chair of the AMIA Continuing Education Advisory (CEA) Task Force. I have a Masters in Library Information Science with a focus on Media Archival Studies (MLIS MAS) from UCLA and hold a B.A. in Art History from the University of the Pacific. As an undergraduate, I also studied at Goldsmiths College in London in their Visual Cultures Department.