Diane Marie Palma

diane marie palma
PARTNER | ART DIRECTOR
diane@dighorts.com

1981 – First born to Rose and Joseph Portigiano Jr.
1990 – CBS representative in Bethpage School District Art Show at BHS
1993 – Drawing lessons instead of dance
1998 – first Photoshop class
1999 – Graduated from BHS and chose LIU CW Post – School of Visual and Performing Arts
1999 – Meet new classmate, turns lifelong friend, turns business partner, Aghogho. my first art exhibit, Sensation. WOWSERS. I am in awe.
2000 – Meet my forever bestie, Maria, in Paulies class. digho brainstorming begins. BOLI Gold Certificate of Excellence
2003 – Excellence in Mixed Media Award and Graduate from LIU-CW Post. Promoted to Barnes and Noble 2589 Department Manager
2004 – Join Maria’s art club PAURA
2005 – Move to the Village Bookshoppe which Aghogho eventually buys. Follow Aghogho to Pratt for my Masters. THE GATES!!! Central Park, New York City
2006 – Part time night employee in Newsday’s Prepress Department
2007 – Graduate from Pratt. Promoted to Newsday’s Creative Services department
2009 – Move to Huntington
2010 – officially digho, llc. Join networking group, Reliable Referrals. Meet Michael Palma
2011 – Long Island’s Young Professional Award. Join the Ms. Moxxie mentoring program.
2012 – Quit Newsday. digho. digho. digho. digho.
2012 – First office on Main Street. digho invitations and digho image marketing
2012 – I said YES!
2013 – Mrs. Diane Marie Palma. Second floor studio apartment on Main Street, Huntington Village!
2014 – Back to good old Bethpage
2015 – Bun in the oven
2015 – Moving on up! new large awesome digho office on NY Avenue
2015 – Rose Maria Palma born 3/3/16. 6 pounds of perfection.
2016 – Went through Leadership Huntington program. Best Class Ever!!!! Huntington Chamber of Commerce Board and Young Professional Co-Chair
2016 – digho marketplace launches
2016 – Pregnancy #2.  Baby girl #2. Stefania Dianne Palma born 12/18/16. 6 more pounds of perfection.
2018 – Engeman has once in lineup.  Saw it 3 times. SOOOO GOOD!!
2018 – Ummm… Pregnancy #3.
2018 – museMARKET evolves from marketplace
2019 – Teresa Michele Palma born 6/13/19. My big baby coming in over 7lbs.
2020 – digho turns 10!!  OUTLET is born and we dive into Zoom!