diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/django,python,vim
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+### Django ###
+*.log
+*.pot
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
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+# If your build process includes running collectstatic, then you probably don't need or want to include staticfiles/
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+
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diff --git a/apps/__init__.py b/apps/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/users/__init__.py b/apps/users/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/users/admin.py b/apps/users/admin.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/users/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as BaseUserAdmin
+from .models import User, UserProfile
+
+
+class UserAdmin(BaseUserAdmin):
+    list_display = ('email', 'is_student', 'is_staff', 'is_admin')
+    list_filter = ('is_student', 'is_admin')
+    fieldsets = (
+        (None, {'fields': ('email', 'password')}),
+        ('Permissions', {'fields': ('is_student', 'is_admin', 'is_staff')}),
+    )
+
+    add_fieldsets = (
+        (None, {
+            'classes': ('wide',),
+            'fields': ('email', 'password1', 'password2'),
+        }),
+    )
+
+    search_fields = ('email',)
+    ordering = ('email',)
+    filter_horizontal = ()
+
+
+class UserProfileAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)
+admin.site.register(UserProfile, UserProfileAdmin)
diff --git a/apps/users/apps.py b/apps/users/apps.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/users/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class UsersConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'users'
diff --git a/apps/users/migrations/0001_initial.py b/apps/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a83f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.0.7 on 2020-06-14 16:12
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='User',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('password', models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name='password')),
+                ('last_login', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='last login')),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True, verbose_name='email address')),
+                ('is_student', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('is_admin', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='UserProfile',
+            fields=[
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+                ('first_name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('last_name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('preferred_name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('image', models.ImageField(upload_to='profile-images')),
+                ('discord_name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('github_username', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('codepen_username', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('fcc_profile_url', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('current_level', models.IntegerField(choices=[(1, 'Level One'), (2, 'Level Two')])),
+                ('phone', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
+                ('timezone', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/users/migrations/__init__.py b/apps/users/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/users/models.py b/apps/users/models.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/users/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import (
+    BaseUserManager, AbstractBaseUser
+)
+
+
+class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):
+    def create_user(self, email, password=None):
+        if not email:
+            raise ValueError('Users must have an email address')
+
+        user = self.model(
+            email=self.normalize_email(email),
+        )
+
+        user.set_password(password)
+        user.save(using=self._db)
+        return user
+
+    def create_superuser(self, email, password=None):
+        user = self.create_user(
+            email,
+            password=password,
+        )
+        user.is_admin = True
+        user.is_staff = True
+        user.save(using=self._db)
+        return user
+
+
+class User(AbstractBaseUser):
+    email = models.EmailField(
+        verbose_name='email address',
+        max_length=255,
+        unique=True,
+    )
+    is_student = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    is_admin = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
+    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
+
+    objects = CustomUserManager()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.email
+
+    def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
+        "Does the user have a specific permission?"
+        # Simplest possible answer: Yes, always
+        return True
+
+    def has_module_perms(self, app_label):
+        "Does the user have permissions to view the app `app_label`?"
+        # Simplest possible answer: Yes, always
+        return True
+
+
+class UserProfile(models.Model):
+    user = models.OneToOneField(
+        User,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        primary_key=True,
+    )
+    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    preferred_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='profile-images')
+    discord_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    github_username = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    codepen_username = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    fcc_profile_url = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+    LEVELS = (
+        (1, 'Level One'),
+        (2, 'Level Two'),
+    )
+    current_level = models.IntegerField(choices=LEVELS)
+
+    phone = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    timezone = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'{self.first_name} {self.last_name}'
diff --git a/apps/users/tests.py b/apps/users/tests.py
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+++ b/apps/users/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/apps/users/urls.py b/apps/users/urls.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/users/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from django.urls import path, include
+from rest_framework import routers
+from .views import UserViewSet
+
+router = routers.DefaultRouter()
+router.register(r'', UserViewSet)
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', include(router.urls)),
+]
diff --git a/apps/users/views.py b/apps/users/views.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/users/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers, viewsets
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+
+class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = get_user_model()
+        fields = ('id', 'email', 'password')
+        extra_kwargs = {'password': {'write_only': True, 'min_length': 8}}
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        return get_user_model().objects.create_user(**validated_data)
+
+
+class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+    queryset = get_user_model().objects.all()
+    serializer_class = UserSerializer
diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
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diff --git a/config/asgi.py b/config/asgi.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for freeCodeSchoolAPI project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
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index 0000000..27205dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+"""
+Django settings for freeCodeSchoolAPI project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.5.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = '(l#*c#t%+ln$ofzg=-^&#-mqws!5cf8jcwfoh7$-+*31lbeqts'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'rest_framework',
+    'apps.users',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'config.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'NAME': 'freecodeschool',
+        'USER': 'fcs_admin',
+        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'HOST': 'localhost',
+        'PORT': '',
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+MEDIA_ROOT = 'media'
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""freeCodeSchoolAPI URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('api/v1/users/', include('apps.users.urls'))
+]
diff --git a/config/wsgi.py b/config/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25a1964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for freeCodeSchoolAPI project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..895340d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+asgiref==3.2.7
+Django==3.0.7
+djangorestframework==3.11.0
+pytz==2020.1
+sqlparse==0.3.1