Rachel Fernandez

Rachel Fernandez is a Digital Preservation Program Manager at the Center for Digital Antiquity hosted at Arizona State University. At Digital Antiquity, she is responsible for managing digital curation projects and leading workshops in digital preservation using tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record), a digital repository for archaeological material. With a background in GIS and data management, she has conducted field work in sites across the Mediterranean and uses this knowledge of data produced through investigations to collaborate with users to provide consultation and assistance in their data management lifecycle. Rachel holds a Master’s degree in Classical Archaeology from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Classics from the University of Florida. She is also currently pursuing a Master’s in Library and Information Science with a focus on digital curation at the University of Arizona.