Hannah Butler lives in London, England. She is a New York City convert, where she lived for a year in 2014 whilst pursuing a career in the nonprofit sector after a spell working in advertising in London. She was part of the Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative ; an umbrella organization that coordinates, facilitates and represents the activities of Columbia’s Uptown neuroscience and disease-focused centers. She graduated from Leeds University in 2012 where she studied history.