Scholar Profile

Doris Díaz-Kelly

Higher Education

Biography

Mrs. Diaz-Kelly has been working with special populations for over 15 years. Her focus has been in mentoring and facilitating the educational experience of youth in whatever community she is a member of. She has worked as an Educational Opportunity Program at Dutchess Community College and as the Coordinator of Hispanic Initiative at Allentown College (now DeSales University). She holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology and Spanish literature from Binghamton University and a Master of Arts and Social Science with a concentration in Counseling from Binghamton University as well. In Nov. 2007 she was one of 40 State University of New York Educational Opportunity Program alumni to be honored at a gala for professional and academic achievement. She currently works at SUNY Oneonta as a Special Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects. She lives in Red Hook with her husband and three daughters and enjoys gardening and decorating in her free time.

High school:  A. Philip Randolph Campus High School

Degrees

News and Highlights

12/18/2023 Doris Díaz-Kelly (MS '90)

Role model for the next generation of Hispanic leaders.  The State University of New York welcomes the new SUNY Hispanic Leadership Institute (HLI) director-in-residence, Doris Diaz-Kelly, MS ’90, to help build on SUNY’s successful professional development and networking program for Hispanic/Latinx leaders and allies. Simultaneously, Doris is Interim Associate Vice President of Student Affairs - Student Engagement at SUNY Oneonta.  Learn more about SUNY’s HLI mission of developing the next generation of Hispanic/Latinx leaders, and it’s success.  

Doris Díaz-Kelly (MS '90)

In November, Doris Díaz Kelly, MS ‘90 was honored along with forty other SUNY Educational Opportunity Program alumni at a banquet gala in New York City for her professional achievements in addressing the educational needs of special populations.