Jessica is an archivist, writer and historian from Baltimore, Maryland.  She is a founding member of the Advisory Board for the Preserve the Baltimore Uprising 2015 Digital Archives Project, a user-submitted digital archives for media related to the Uprising.  She has written about (real-time) participatory archiving as a form of activism and engagement. She has lectured about archival “self-preservation,” the act of archiving and preserving one’s own experiences. She focuses her research on digital archives, participatory archives, and promoting diversity, inclusivity, equity, transparency and accessibility in archives, museums and libraries. Although she has photographed her surroundings for years, she took an interest in local history, the remains of historic moments, and our personal connections to Baltimore’s past, present, and future.