Jennifer Arévalo Ferretti (she/her) is an artist and information professional living and working on the unceded land of the Susquehannock, Nentego (Nanticoke), and Piscataway peoples (Baltimore, Maryland). Jennifer is the Director of the Digital Library Federation at the Council on Library and Information Resources and has been part of the libraries, archives, and museums communities for over 15 years. She is a first-generation American Latina/Mestiza who is guided by critical praxis, not neutrality. With a firm belief that art is information, she is interested in the research methodologies of artists and non-Western forms of knowledge making and sharing. In 2016 she founded We Here®️, a supportive community for library and archives workers who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. She’s also We Here’s Creative Director. Find her on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Substack.

Downloading audio files, Oaxaca, México. Photo by Michael O.C. Singleton.

Downloading audio files, Oaxaca, México. Photo by Michael O.C. Singleton.

 

Jennifer’s work intertwines her creative and information science education, covering areas such as creative direction, digital stewardship, user experience design, and content strategy.

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