Clarity Amrein

Clarity Amrein is an Ohio native and Cincinnatian. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cincinnati in 2018 in Rhetoric and Professional Writing, which emphasized technical and grant writing, web development, and multimedia design. She earned her Master's in Library and Information Sciences (MLIS) as well as her Master's in User Experience Design (UXD) from Kent State University in 2023. 

Clarity is now a reference librarian and the Community Content Coordinator for the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, where she preserves historical materials through digitization, coordinates partnerships, conducts oral history interviews, publishes multimedia content, and curates digital exhibits. 

She continues to write grants and do administrative nonprofit work in various roles and is active is the LGBTQ+ community. She is an archivist and board member of the Ohio Lesbian Archives. Clarity is also an artist and event producer with strong ties to Cincinnati performing arts, and she is the founder of a city-wide, queer burlesque and performance art troupe called Smoke & Queers. Clarity is a poet, dancer, traveler, musician, cat lover, Virgo, and proud mom of her son, Tristan.  
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