Julia Pizzoferrato grew up in Burlington, Connecticut, and graduated from Lewis Mills High School. She completed her Bachelor’s in History at Western New England University in 2022. In the process, she completed a semester-long internship with the Wethersfield Historical Society and researched evidence of Irish immigration into the town between 1850 and 1900. In the coming year, she will attend a graduate program to earn a Master’s in Library Science with a concentration in archival studies.