Amanda Moreno staffId: 403

Amanda T. Moreno, MSLIS/MA, is the Esperanza Bravo de Varona Chair and Director of the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) at the University of Miami Libraries. She holds a dual MA/MSLIS degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Library and Information Science from New York University (NYU) and Long Island University, supported by a NYU MacCracken Fellowship, American Library Association Spectrum scholarship, and a fellowship from the Association of Research Libraries' Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce. Amanda participated in the Smithsonian’s Latino Museum Studies Program in 2015 and was awarded a Rare Book School-Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage in 2020. 

In her role as Director of the CHC, Amanda oversees departmental operations, collection development, public outreach, community engagement, and fundraising. She previously served as the Collection’s Archivist from 2017 to 2023, managing and processing historical collections related to Cuba and its diaspora, and providing reference and instruction services to students, faculty, and independent researchers. She has previously worked as an Archives Assistant at CHC and a Collection Development Assistant for Latin American materials at NYU's Bobst Library.