Isabella Scaffidi is an emerging archivist who recently graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Cinema and Media Studies and Comparative Literature. She currently works at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, CA, where she is producing the organization’s first print publication from the archive. She got her start in archiving while in undergrad at USC at the HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive, where she first fell in love with film preservation and remains a dedicated apprentice. Over the last three years, she has worked closely with HMH archivist Dino Everett, restoring various projectors and films under his guidance, auditing classes in the UCLA MLIS program, and assisting the archive in routine maintenance-related tasks, such as building shelves, conducting research, scanning films, accessioning and de-accessioning prints/collections, and cataloging. On weekends, Isabella also interns for restorationist Ross Lipman, where she is helping build the catalogue of the Jordan Belson Film Archive.