Mariah Montemayor (b.1991) earned an Associate’s degree in Professional Photography from Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa in 2013.

After graduating from The University of Iowa in 2016 with a B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication, she served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in rural Zambia.

Mariah lives in Michigan with her husband Anthony and their dog Kessa.