Student Guides

The Student Guides Program provides knowledge of MIT’s Public Art Collection, contemporary art practices, visual literacy and analysis, critical thinking, and public engagement with art, architecture, and environs. 

Join a public art tour or book your own group visit led by one of our Student Guides.

Please contact listprograms [at] mit.edu (listprograms[at]mit[dot]edu) to book a group tour, or visit the calendar to sign up for a public tour.

The MIT List Visual Arts Center is pleased to introduce the 2024-2025 Student Guides who lead walking tours of the Public Art Collection.

Adriana Rivera Socarrás, MIT Senior majoring in Finance with a minor in Computer Science. Besides being involved with various organizations on campus, such as Camp Kesem and the Association of Puerto Rican Students, she loves to explore Boston’s art and food scene. She is an avid learner and admirer of the arts.

Fiona Chen, Harvard PhD student in economics, who previously studied math and economics at MIT (class of 2021). In her free time, she enjoys art, music, and running.

Hafsa Amin, MIT Freshman planning to study Computer Science and Molecular Biology. She loves learning about all forms of art and spends her free time painting, visiting museums, and watching movies with friends.

Manaal Mohammed, MIT Senior studying AI and Decision Making. She loves collaging and making crosswords in her free time.

Sarah Schmitt, MIT Freshman planning on studying Course 7 (Biology) and pursuing a career in medicine. While not studying, she likes to draw and explore Boston, as well as train and compete with the MIT Track and Field team as a pole vaulter.