Anthropological archaeologist Anna S. Antoniou draws on a mix of storytelling and archaeological methods to help communities across the globe regain crucial parts of their cultural heritage. She believes that understanding our trash can help us to make the world a better place. Her dissertation research uses evidence of prehistoric fishing and shellfish harvesting practices from ancient trash piles to help indigenous communities regain their legal fishing rights and revive traditional foodways. Antoniou is a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan, a 2016 National Geographic Young Explorer grantee.