WE WILL USE THE ULTRAVIOLET/OPTICAL TELESCOPE (UVOT) ON THE NEIL GEHRELS SWIFT OBSERVATORY TO OBSERVE FIVE RECENTLY-DISCOVERED DWARF GALAXIES IN THE LOCAL VOLUME. THESE TINY GALAXIES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LARGER GALAXIES; UNDERSTANDING THEM ADDRESSES THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE BIG QUESTION "HOW DID WE GET HERE?" WHICH SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE UNIVERSE TRANSITIONED FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE PLANETS STARS AND GALAXIES WE SEE TODAY. WE WILL COMBINE NEW OBSERVATIONS IN THE UV FILTERS WITH ARCHIVAL IMAGING TO MODEL THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS OF EACH TINY GALAXY REVEALING INFORMATION INCLUDING THEIR STELLAR MASSES STAR FORMATION HISTORY AND THE SHAPE OF THEIR DUST ATTENUATION CURVE. THIS INFORMATION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF DWARF GALAXIES WHICH IN TURN WILL INFORM THEORIES FOR THE GROWTH OF STRUCTURE AT SMALL SCALES.