joey simmons is historian at the indiana historical bureau, a division of the indiana state library, where she has worked since 2008. she is a founding organizer of the hoosier women at work conference and produces the award winning podcast, talking to hoosier history, she writes regularly for the history blog and is especially interested in stories of immigrants and asylum seekers. jill is a lifelong hoosier and holds a b.a. in fine arts from ball state university and m.a. in history from indiana university. the 21 she received two major awards the dorothy hoosier historian award from the historical society and the indiana university graduate school distinguished master's thesis award for and fine arts. is also a musician and lives in historic irvington with her husband, russell simmons, and a collection way too many vinyl records. as you see the background and of course myself, i consider myself a community collaborator first and a professional. it's a 2016. i've been building strong community relationships to build indiana historical society's collection with latino, hispanic cult