Jill Sweetapple graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Television and Radio Production and then worked in the television industry for over 20 years, primarily for Turner Broadcasting. She graduated from Florida State University with an MLIS on 2009, when she also attended the 2009 Georgia Archives Institute. She volunteered and interned for the Atlanta History Center, DeKalb History Center, Special Collections Department of Georgia State University and the Georgia Archives. She worked as a document preservation scanner at Ancestry.com and as the lone Archivist at the DeKalb History Center in Decatur, Georgia. She is currently a reference archivist with the Georgia Archives outside Atlanta in Morrow, Georgia. She works in reference, processing, minor conservation and book repair, social media, outreach, education and public events.