storyfinder + storyteller

Hi! I'm Siera, a family and community historian. Through genealogy, interviews and archival research, I am tracing the stories of the Black community in Ithaca, New York from the early 18th century through the 21st. 

I am a proud native Ithacan, Cornell University graduate (Hotelie), UCLA MBA as well as an archivist-in-training embarking on an MLIS with San Jose State University. I live with my husband and two children in Southern California. When I am not digging into family trees, you can find me pushing for more affordable housing in California, keeping up with the Bravo multiverse, visiting the ocean and plotting my family’s adventures.