Luisa Casella trained in Art Conservation at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar in Portugal, specializing in Photograph and Paper Conservation.. From 1998 to 2005 she worked as photograph conservator at the private conservation company Luis Pavão, Limitada, in Portugal In 2005 Luisa was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation at George Eastman House/ Image Permanence Institute in Rochester, NY. From 2007 to 2010 Luisa was the inaugural Research Scholar in Photograph Conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, researching the light-fading behavior of autochrome dyes under anoxic conditions. From April to November 2011 Luisa worked as Photograph Conservator at Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. She worked as conservator of photographs and works on paper at West Lake Conservators from 2013 to 2023. Luisa is currently working privately.