As the Digital Assets Project Manager at Florida International University Libraries, Rhia leads initiatives to expand access to Special Collections and University Archives through digitization, metadata strategy, and digital preservation. Her expertise spans metadata creation and normalization, copyright and intellectual property assessment and guidance, and digital preservation, with a focus on collections related to Miami, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
She holds a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of South Florida. Her professional interests center on reparative archival practice, equitable access to information, and strengthening connections between communities and cultural heritage resources.
