EDUCATION

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
M.A. Art History, Spring 2016
Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, Spring 2016

Georgia Archives Institute certificate, June 2012

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
M.S. Library and Information Studies, December 2010

University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, PR
B.A. Theory of Art, June 1996

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Florida International University Green Library – Government Resources and Information Department (GRID)
South Florida Librarian, February 2017 – to present

University of Florida Smathers Libraries, Special and Area Studies Collections
Archival Researcher, May 2016 – August 2016

University of Florida Smathers Libraries – Latin American and Caribbean Collection (LACC)
Archival Assistant, May 2015 – April 2016

• Responsible for producing item-level descriptions, organizing, and processing
manuscript collections.
• Create detailed finding aids and submit these to the Head of Collection
Services for catalog publication. Archivists’ Toolkit is the management system
used to publish the finding aids.
• Assist in the survey of collections to be processed.
• Perform reference work and check books and resources at the circulation desk.
• Keep statistics of users visiting LACC.

University of Florida – Harn Eminent Scholar Chair in Art History Program (HESCAH)
Program Assistant, August 2014 – May 2015

• Coordinated payments, communications, and logistics for prominent art history
scholars invited to the University of Florida  campus for HESCAH lectures and
events.

University of Florida – Center for Arts in Medicine
Graduate Assistant, August 2013 – May 2014

• Assisted the Center for Arts in Medicine director in the preparation and submission of research papers, research inquiries, events marketing and outreach strategies.
• Wrote updates in the Center for Arts in Medicine Facebook page.

University of Miami Libraries – Cuban Heritage Collection at the Otto G. Richter Library
Metadata Assistant, December 2009-July 2013

• Created metadata records for digital projects following Dublin Core metadata schema and using CONTENTdm and an in-house manuscript database. Rare serials and books, and manuscript collections were the resources selected for digitization.
• Reviewed and updated finding aids following current DACS rules and using ARCHON, for quality control purposes.
• Conducted research as part of metadata creation process and incorporated controlled vocabularies such as LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings), TGM (Thesaurus of Graphic Materials), and AAT (Art and Architecture Thesaurus) for proper records standardization and discoverability.
• Served as liaison between the Cuban Heritage Collection and the library’s digital lab by coordinating and managing digitization activities and establishing scanning and metadata queues through Kablink project management system, and handling of resources through Aeon Circulation Management System.
• Tracked and sent books in need of preservation treatment, to the library’s preservation unit.
• Supervised one metadata student assistant.
• Assisted patrons with research, reference and requests inquiries.

Senior Library Assistant, November 2008-November 2009
• Assisted the collection’s reference librarian by creating MARC bibliographic records and copy cataloguing for incoming books and other resources, following AACR2 cataloguing rules and using the Innovative Millennium cataloging system and OCLC Connexion.
• Tracked and sent books in need of preservation treatment, to the library’s preservation unit.
• Tracked and managed patrons’ requests using Aeon Circulation Management System.
• Assisted patrons visiting the Cuban Heritage Collection, by e-mail and phone, with research, reference and requests inquiries.

The Miami Herald Media Company, Miami, FL
News Archivist (part-time)        July 2008 – present

• Archive and review content quality of stories published by El Nuevo Herald using SCC Media Grid content management system.
• Archive reports of stories sent to NewsBank Inc. database.

News Archivist (full-time), June 2006 – July 2008
• Archived and reviewed content quality of stories and images published by El Nuevo Herald using SCC Media Grid content management system.
• Collaborated and assisted with library research, using archives and library resources, and databases such as LexisNexis, NewsBank and the in-house database NewsArc.
• Created high quality scans of archival content, for research and publication purposes.

Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach, FL
Registrar of Collections and Archives, October 2004 – June 2006
• Registered items into the museum’s inventory database using File Maker Pro.
• Supervised the work of one volunteer and monitored the progress of the photo collections’ digitization project.
• Collaborated with the curator in preparing exhibits.
• Wrote condition reports of the in and out exhibits, as well as loan and gift agreements.
• Created and designed exhibit captions, panels and layouts using QuarkXPress and Photoshop.
• Performed scanning and retouching of photographs and negatives from the Museum’s collection, for research and publications.
• Performed duplication of audio interviews’ cassettes as part of the Museum’s Oral Histories Project.
• Wrote and collaborated with the museum’s bi-monthly newsletter TILES.
• Assisted patrons and researchers with requests from the museum’s archives and collections.

Government of Puerto Rico, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR
Assistant Registrar of the Collections Unit, May 1999 – January 2004

• Registered and managed various art and historic collections, primarily the painting and sculpture collections.
• Supervised and coordinated contracts, loans and insurance for all collection pieces housed in different warehouses.
• Archived all aspects of the collection including maintaining a photo file for insurance purposes and overall internal administration.
• Created a digitized photo collection and information for uploading into an internal online research tool.
• Maintained detailed documentation of the collection using File Maker Pro and performed the collection’s inventory.
• Supported and coordinated collection’s status with researchers, curators, conservators, and staff members from in-house and other museums or cultural institutions.
• Wrote monthly duties reports and interacted with visitors.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Society of Florida Archivists (SFA), 2006 – present
• Society of American Archivists (SAA), 2009 – present
• Seminar for the Acquisition of Latin American Materials (SALALM), 2013
• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), 2013 – present
• Itinerant Archivists (2015)

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
• Metadata standards: Dublin Core, MARC, IPTC, MODS, EAD
• Experience with WordPress, XHTML, CSS, XML, Microsoft Access, Oxygen, CONTENTdm, Archon, and Archivists Toolkit
• Knowledge of AACR2 cataloguing rules, DACS archival standard and rules, and controlled vocabulary thesaurus such as LCSH, TGM and AAT
• Innovative Millennium cataloging system and OCLC
• Aeon Circulation Management System
• Experience with project management applications such as BaseCamp and Kablink
• Software: Microsoft Office, Photoshop CS4, InDesign, Dreamweaver, QuarkExpress 7.0, FileMaker Pro; Text editors such as TextEdit, TextWrangler, Notepad
• SilverFast scanning software
• Experience with Spanish and English paleography
• Experience translating Spanish to English and English to Spanish texts
• Fully bilingual: English and Spanish
• Editing content in WordPress

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

• SAA Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, 2015
• Desmantelando Fronteras/Breaking Down Borders webinar series, 2015
• Rudimentary RDA Workshop, Boca Raton, FL   2012
• Society of Florida Archivists Annual Meeting, St. Augustine, FL   2011
• Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Tampa, FL   2010
• Society of Florida Archivists Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL   2010
• Rare Book Cataloging Workshop, Miami, FL    2010
• Library of Congress Classification: The Basics, Miami, FL    2008
• Society of Florida Archivists Annual Meeting, Bradenton, FL    2008
• The Poynter Institute News Research Academy, St. Petersburg, FL   2006
• Workshops on Registration Methods, San Juan, PR   2003
• American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO    2001

METADATA PROJECTS
• Martha Frayde Barraqué Papers
• Rolando Laserie Papers
• CHC Lectures and Presentations
• Carmen Puig Papers
• Tad Szulc Collection of Interview Transcripts
• Cuban Refugee Center Records
• Herberto Dumé Papers
• Tom Pohrt Photograph Collection
• CHC Books
• CHC Periodicals
• Estus H. Magoon Collection
• CHC Viewbooks
• Ramiro A. Fernández Collection
• Virgilio Piñera Collection
• Edward Spalding Papers
• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Collection
• Lydia Cabrera Papers
• Cuban Photographs Collections
• Ramiro Casañas Collection
• José Curbelo Papers
• Patronato del Teatro
• Junta Provincial de Patronato de Matanzas Records
• Osvaldo Sánchez Film Collection

FINDING AIDS PROJECTS

• Rafael F. Risco Papers
• Enildo A. García Collection
• Grupo Cañaveral Collection
• Banco de Ideas Z
• Villalta Family Collection
• Julio A. Domínguez Collection
• A Guide to the Logbook of Women Slaves Treated at the Real Hospital de San Bartolomé
• A Guide to the Royal Havana Company Collection
• A Guide to the Cuban Sugar Workers and Sugar Mills Photographs
• A Guide to the Luis García Pimentel Collection
• A Guide to the Efraín Barradas Collection

SPECIAL PROJECTS
• Trip to Ecuador with the Itinerant Archivists, September 27-October 4, 2015

WRITING AND CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS

• The Luis García Pimentel Collection: tale of a hidden treasure, published on LACCHA’s Memoria blog and Society of Florida Archivists Newsletter.
• New CHC Digital Collection Sheds Light on Abolition in Cuba, Cuban Heritage Collection, The Blog, Miami, FL, Sept 2013
• Rare photo from the Tom Pohrt Photograph Collection shows historic Cuban lighthouse in its original design, Cuban Heritage Collection, The Blog, Miami, FL, June 2011
• ¡De Película! Getting to Know “El Guapo de la Canción” One Photograph at a Time, Cuban Heritage  Collection, The Blog, Miami, FL – July 2010
• The Miami Herald: Fidel Castro Health Timeline, Miami, FL – May 2007
• SLA web page (Florida Chapter): The Poynter Experience, St. Petersburg, FL – October 2006
• TILES: Jewish Museum of Florida Newsletter, Donation of Miss Florida 1965 article, Miami Beach, FL June 2006
• Orlando Heritage Ad design for Jewish History Month Orlando, FL January 2006
• TILES: Jewish Museum of Florida Newsletter, Aurel Rosen’s Bris dress article, Miami Beach, FL December 2005
• TILES: Jewish Museum of Florida Newsletter, Beth Jacob Congregation History article, Miami Beach, FL September 2005
• TILES: Jewish Museum of Florida Newsletter, Anna Brenner Meyers article, Miami Beach, FL September 2005
• TILES: Jewish Museum of Florida Newsletter, C. Davis Turner article, Miami Beach, FL June 2005
• TILES: Jewish Museum of Florida Newsletter, Isaac Bashevis Singer article, Miami Beach, FL March 2005
• Ellas También poetry magazine, curated magazine art, San Juan, PR, May 2002 (Published by Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña)

EXHIBITIONS

• In Search of Freedom: Cuban Exiles and the U.S. Cuban Refugee Program, Cuban Heritage Collection, Coral Gables, FL – February 2011
• Treasures from the Colonial Period in Cuba exhibit, Cuban Heritage Collection, Coral Gables, FL – January 2009
• Jewish Museum Of Florida, Annette Pier’s Joys of Tolerance, Miami Beach, FL November 2005
• Jewish Museum Of Florida, Treasures from Florida Jews, Miami Beach, FL May 2005
• Jewish Museum Of Florida, Shalom Y’All Jews from the South, Miami Beach, FL February 2005