Nicole Passerotti Promoted to Associate Director of the Mellon Opportunity

Nicole Passerotti, who joined the Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation in 2020 one week before the COVID pandemic shutdown, has worked tirelessly to support the important goals of this pipeline initiative. An objects conservator by training, Nicole has committed herself to the robust workshops, personalized internships, and individual mentoring that are hallmarks of this program. She has worked alongside Cotsen staff to simultaneously problem solve the way through the UCLA administrative hurdles to assure that underrepresented students are learning about this field and this program, and that program participants are supported on a pathway to graduate education.

 

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