Dawn Majors is a native of Old Hickory, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville that lies 20 minutes north of the city. She graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green with majors in both photojournalism and anthropology. When people ask why she choose to study both she says "I figured with both skills I could always take pictures of people, or their bones."
She has been on staff at the Post-Dispatch for more than six years.