Maria Olivia Davalos Stanton is the editor of the Hand Papermaking Newsletter, and lives in San Francisco. They graduated from Stanford University in 2017 with degrees in Classics and Chemistry and are pursuing their dream of becoming a paper art conservator. They have worked in the conservation labs at the J Paul Getty Museum, Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center and Library Preservation Department, as well as a private painting conservation studio. Maria Olivia learned hand papermaking from Amanda Degener at Cave Paper, and sorely misses working in the vat.