Korina Hernandez
About Korina Hernandez
Korina Hernandez is a Curatorial Intern at the Tampa Museum of Art, where she focuses on the digital representation of historical artifacts. She has a background in media arts and science, with experience in various roles including researcher and editor.
Curatorial Intern at Tampa Museum of Art
Korina Hernandez has been serving as a Curatorial Intern at the Tampa Museum of Art since 2021. In this role, she works within the IDEx Lab, focusing on the digital representation of historical artifacts. Her responsibilities include creating interactive 3D models of Meso-American antiquities using photogrammetry and Artech 3D scanning techniques. This position allows her to combine her academic background with practical experience in curatorial practices.
Education and Expertise
Korina Hernandez holds a Bachelor's degree in Media Arts and Science from Wellesley College, where she studied from 2016 to 2020. She also attended Babson College for one year from 2019 to 2020. Her educational background provides her with a solid foundation in media arts, which she applies in her current role at the Tampa Museum of Art. Additionally, she has pursued studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professional Experience
Prior to her current role, Korina Hernandez gained diverse experience in various positions. She worked as a Researcher at the MIT Media Lab from 2020 to 2021 for seven months. Before that, she held an editorial position at Mansystems for six months in 2018 and completed an internship there for one month. She also worked as a Product Design Intern at Sinclair Digital for one month in 2019. Currently, she volunteers at the University of South Florida's IDEx Lab.
Background and Early Education
Korina Hernandez completed her high school education at H.B. Plant High School from 2012 to 2016. This foundational education set the stage for her later academic pursuits in higher education, where she developed her skills in media arts and science.