As an architect my interests lie in the intersection between people and the built environment. In the words of Winston Churchill “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”

My passion and research focuses on the empowerment of women through the built environment.

Fulbright Research Fellow | Ecuador 2016-17 | Architecture + Feminism: Women’s Agency in the Built Environment

Licensed Architect | Texas

LEED AP BD+C

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Pfluger Architects | Austin, TX  | current

GFF Architects | Austin, TX  | 1+ years

LEVY Architects | Austin, TX  | 1 year

Gensler | Austin, TX  | 3.5 years

BBH Design | Raleigh, NC | 5 years

Heery International | Raleigh, NC | 1 year

EDUCATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Universidad de las Américas | Facultad de Arquitectura | Pedagogical Ideas for Studio Classes | Continuing Education course|  Quito, Ecuador |  September 2017

Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Colegio de Arquitectura| Taller Internacional Summer Studio Guest Instructor | Quito, Ecuador |  July 2017

University of Texas at Austin | School of Architecture | Graduate Teaching Assistant | Austin, TX | 1.5 years

University of Michigan | Center for Human Growth & Development | Research Assistant | Ann Arbor, MI | 4 years

EDUCATION:

University of Texas at Austin | Master of Architecture + Latin American Architecture Certificate | 2015

University of Michigan | Bachelor of Science, Architecture | 2006

OTHER:

Architecture without Borders UK | Change-by-Design: Participatory Design Workshop in Quito, Ecuador | August 2013 [report in english | spanish]

GSARC – Architecture Graduate Student Representative | 2 years

AIA Triangle Board of Directors – Associates Director | 3 years

AIA Triangle Young Architects Forum – Emerging Professionals Chair | 5 years

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