April 22, 2021 12:00 a.m.
Lisa Diaz Louis is a native New Yorker and current student in the online MA in Museum Studies program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS). She considers herself a “backyard tourist,” always exploring the cultural happenings around the city. Throughout the 15 years she spent working in the NYC foster care and shelter systems, she took notice of how little exposure the youth had to arts and culture. When CUNY SPS announced they were partnering with the New-York Historical Society to offer a Museum Studies degree, she knew the program would give her the opportunity to blend her two passions: the love of museums and helping others.