When Diana Heard first joined, she served as the first point of contact for all Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies visitors. Now, she functions in the role of office manager and supports the unit in a variety of ways, including the primary responsibility for the creation and implementation of workflows and processes for day-to-day logistics, purchasing, budgeting, hiring, and space and facilities management of the office.

Diana has worked at Rice since February of 2015 and has lived in Houston nearly all her life. She spent her 20s and early 30s raising her two youngest siblings while working full-time and is proud to see them explore the many opportunities life has in store for them. She loves visiting hobby shops, secondhand bookstores, and Honey Art Cafe (founded by Rice alums!!) and spends a lot of her spare time playing video games and engaging in creative endeavors.