Tirzah Montanye is from Lancaster, PA and the Adirondacks region of Upstate NY.  She graduated from Wheaton College in 2020 with a B.A. in Political Science.  While at Wheaton, among other things, Tirzah worked as a faculty research assistant and interned at legal aid organizations, law firms, and government offices.  After graduation, she worked for two years in public policy analysis at the Center for Public Justice in Washington, D.C., specializing in family policy.  At Notre Dame, she is completing a joint degree program with the Law School and the Political Science Department, and she is the Secretary of the Christian Legal Society.  In her free time, she enjoys cooking, playing the flute, and spending time with her husband and her dog.