Sakyra Abbitt, NWHM's 2025-2026 fellow in digital archives and communications, supports NWHM's efforts to commemorate the U.S. semiquincentennial in 2026, as well as the Museum's role as the exclusive National Resource Partner for Women’s History to the America250 Commission. In this role, Sakyra oversees NWHM's Chronicles of American Women initiative, which seeks to solicit, share, and archive short public biographies of contemporary American women in advance of the semiquincentennial.

Sakyra holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and an Master of Arts in Media, Culture, and Technology from the University of Virginia, where her research explored the intersections between Black women’s social identities and their representations on reality television. Sakyra currently serves as a research assistant for Archiving the Black Web (AtBW), where she works to complete her digital archival project, “#BlackBookTok: Made by Black Readers for Black Readers.” Her project investigates the need for the collection and preservation of examples of affective labor by Black women within digital spaces. In her project, Black women are positioned at the forefront of literary discussions online as creators of Black intimate storytelling through their own unique digital practices. Sakyra intends to pursue a Ph.D. in Media Studies with a focus on Black digital memory work. In the interim, she will continue to develop her expertise in digital archiving and memory practices, particularly in service of marginalized communities.