Hope Chandler-Gately earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Alabama’s New College in 2015 and an M.L.I.S. from UA’s School of Library and Information Studies and a Certificate in Museum Studies from the Department of Anthropology in 2022. She has held positions in both public and academic libraries, interned at the University of Alabama Museums and the University of Alabama Press, and occupied various editorial roles on the literary journal The Pitkin Review.