Hilary Seeley (she/her) is an oral historian, multi-disciplinary artist, and scholar based on Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY). She earned her MA in Oral History from Columbia University and her BA from UC Berkeley in Interdisciplinary Studies — a self-designed major examining expressive culture in the 19th and 20th centuries through the study of art, design, film, literature, linguistics, history, sociology, and anthropology. She analyzed the ways in which people express their experiences through art and what those works tell us about socio-political forces and the human condition. Hilary applied this knowledge and perspective as a high school teacher of English, French, and History, and eventually in her career in costuming for film and television. Specializing in period productions, she uses visual, tactile devices to communicate personal identities and arcs and to place characters’ stories and behaviors in a larger framework of social and historical dynamics.