“Montgomery sees her appointment and Grammy award, both selected by her peers, as a commitment to continue ‘…to create visibility, to create more opportunities, more equality, more acknowledgment for Black people, women, in the arts… It’s hard. Sometimes, you want to separate identity from the work, but you can’t always do that… But I think in this case, based on the trend of my career, it feels like those two things are really aligned. And I’m actually, I’m happy to be in that position and to represent in that way.'”