Beatriz Centeno is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation at the Brooklyn Museum. She received her M.A. in Art Conservation from Buffalo State College in NY. Before coming to the museum she held positions and completed internships in a variety of other conservation labs in institutions including the Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, the American Antiquarian Society, MA and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. She received B.A. in Graphic Arts from the Universidad de Puerto Rico.