Alumna meets celebrity while chasing passion for fashion

Milnalis Diese ’17 (Fashion Buying and Merchandising A.A.S.) is following her passion as she completes her degree this fall at Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM) in New York City.

Diese is interning at Tommy Hilfiger in the handbag design department, while also working on social media for a custom flower design shop, M & S Schmalberg.

Since graduating from Herkimer College, her journey has been an eventful one, crossing paths with Tyra Banks while working on an installation exhibit in a New York City mall.