Rachel E. Winston is the inaugural Black Diaspora Archivist at The University of Texas at Austin. In this role, she is leading the university’s effort to build a library special collection documenting the Black experience across the Americas and Caribbean. Her work promotes research and study on the Black Diaspora through primary source material, curated exhibitions, and archival activism. Rachel is an alumna of Davidson College, the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, and The University of Texas at Austin.