diff --git a/tildes/tildes/schemas/base.py b/tildes/tildes/schemas/base.py
index 48c967f..4c741c4 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/schemas/base.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/schemas/base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any
 from marshmallow import Schema
-from tildes.schemas.context import TildesSchemaContextDict
+from tildes.schemas.context import TildesSchemaContext, TildesSchemaContextDict
 
 
 class BaseTildesSchema(Schema):
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ class BaseTildesSchema(Schema):
     def __init__(self, context: TildesSchemaContextDict = {}, **kwargs: Any):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.context = context
+
+    def get_context_value(self, key: str) -> Any:
+        return TildesSchemaContext.get(default=self.context).get(key)
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/schemas/group.py b/tildes/tildes/schemas/group.py
index 9e36cbf..1669595 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/schemas/group.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/schemas/group.py
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ class GroupSchema(BaseTildesSchema):
     ) -> dict:
         """Prepare the path value before it's validated."""
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        if not TildesSchemaContext.get(default=self.context).get(
-            "fix_path_capitalization"
-        ):
+        if not self.get_context_value("fix_path_capitalization"):
             return data
 
         if "path" not in data or not isinstance(data["path"], str):
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/schemas/user.py b/tildes/tildes/schemas/user.py
index 7811afb..133c57e 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/schemas/user.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/schemas/user.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class UserSchema(BaseTildesSchema):
     def anonymize_username(self, data: dict, many: bool) -> dict:
         """Hide the username if the dumping context specifies to do so."""
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        if not TildesSchemaContext.get(default=self.context).get("hide_username"):
+        if not self.get_context_value("hide_username"):
             return data
 
         if "username" not in data:
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ class UserSchema(BaseTildesSchema):
         Requires check_breached_passwords be True in the schema's context.
         """
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        if not TildesSchemaContext.get(default=self.context).get(
-            "check_breached_passwords"
-        ):
+        if not self.get_context_value("check_breached_passwords"):
             return
 
         if is_breached_password(value):
@@ -125,9 +123,7 @@ class UserSchema(BaseTildesSchema):
         Requires username_trim_whitespace be True in the schema's context.
         """
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        if not TildesSchemaContext.get(default=self.context).get(
-            "username_trim_whitespace"
-        ):
+        if not self.get_context_value("username_trim_whitespace"):
             return data
 
         if "username" not in data: