Born and raised in Oak Park, IL near Chicago, Marshanah Taylor is a data and information professional currently working in the Libraries, Archives, and Museums field. Among one of the first graduates from both the Informatics program in 2023 and the integrated master’s in Information Studies program in 2024 at The University of Texas at Austin, she has worked for over 5 years in various digital and technical services roles within the higher education and cultural heritage sectors. When she’s not cataloging books or helping patrons access electronic resources on campus, she can be found at home pampering her adorable orange tabby cat Garfield and binge-watching K-dramas.