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index 47ab2ed..57a05e3 100644
--- a/src/config/.env
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+++ b/src/environment.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ declare global {
     interface ProcessEnv {
       PORT: number;
       NODE_ENV: string;
+      JWT_SECRET: string;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/models/User.ts b/src/models/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9d9f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Model, DataTypes } from 'sequelize';
+import { sequelize } from '../db';
+import { User, UserCreationAttributes } from '../typescript/interfaces';
+
+const { INTEGER, STRING, DATE } = DataTypes;
+
+export interface UserInstance
+  extends Model<User, UserCreationAttributes>,
+    User {}
+
+export const UserModel = sequelize.define<UserInstance>(
+  'User',
+  {
+    id: {
+      type: INTEGER,
+      primaryKey: true,
+      autoIncrement: true
+    },
+    email: {
+      type: STRING,
+      allowNull: false,
+      unique: true
+    },
+    password: {
+      type: STRING,
+      allowNull: false
+    },
+    role: {
+      type: STRING,
+      allowNull: true,
+      defaultValue: 'user'
+    },
+    createdAt: {
+      type: DATE
+    },
+    updatedAt: {
+      type: DATE
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    tableName: 'users'
+  }
+);
diff --git a/src/models/index.ts b/src/models/index.ts
index 44b6eec..0e8b6e0 100644
--- a/src/models/index.ts
+++ b/src/models/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './Snippet';
 export * from './Tag';
 export * from './Snippet_Tag';
+export * from './User';
diff --git a/src/typescript/interfaces/User.ts b/src/typescript/interfaces/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..934d5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/typescript/interfaces/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Model } from '.';
+import { Optional } from 'sequelize';
+
+export interface User extends Model {
+  email: string;
+  password: string;
+  role: string;
+}
+
+export interface UserCreationAttributes
+  extends Optional<User, 'id' | 'createdAt' | 'updatedAt' | 'role'> {}
diff --git a/src/typescript/interfaces/index.ts b/src/typescript/interfaces/index.ts
index c219f6a..4f61f90 100644
--- a/src/typescript/interfaces/index.ts
+++ b/src/typescript/interfaces/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from './Tag';
 export * from './Snippet_Tag';
 export * from './Body';
 export * from './SearchQuery';
+export * from './User';
diff --git a/src/utils/hashPassword.ts b/src/utils/hashPassword.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f196d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/hashPassword.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { hash, genSalt } from 'bcrypt';
+
+export const hashPassword = async (password: string): Promise<string> => {
+  const salt = await genSalt(10);
+  const passwordHash = await hash(password, salt);
+  return passwordHash;
+};
diff --git a/src/utils/signToken.ts b/src/utils/signToken.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09cc0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/signToken.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { sign } from 'jsonwebtoken';
+
+type Data = string | object | Buffer;
+
+export const signToken = (data: Data): string => {
+  const secret =
+    process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'x7-joXEF89Q5hUx9Od5mibNVQb9vUuLr1091TMZSM-w';
+
+  const token = sign(data, secret, {
+    expiresIn: '30d'
+  });
+
+  return token;
+};