Biography
Professor Lima (they/she) is also an established Cultural Consultant with 15 years of experience in education, community engagement, curatorial practice and cultural competence building in cultural institutions. Lima brings a social justice lens to museum practice through interdisciplinary expertise in intergenerational engagement, BIPOC representation in the arts, health equity, museum and art education, youth development, early childhood education, as well as programming for LGBTQ2SIA+/gender expansive communities.
Lima has worked with the Wellcome Trust, Art21, Visual AIDS, MoMA PS1, Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time, Columbia University Teachers College, Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), Vassar University, Little Sun, and more. Prior to consulting Lauraberth served as the Director of Education for No Longer Empty and managed Family and Community Engagement Programs and the Internship in Museum Education Program at the Museum of the City of New York.
Lima is the founder of @CaboQueer, a founding member of the arts education organization, The Love Yourself Project, NYC, 501(c)3 and a member of The Committee to Empower Voices for Healing and Equity (led by NYC DCLA). They currently serve as Vice Chair of the Making Gay History Board. They were born in Cabo Verde and have been based in NYC since 2009.