Architecture has piqued my interest since I was very young. The science and technology that goes into building an environment that people use every day is astounding. I wanted to use the liberal education I received from my diploma degree to continue to study multiple subjects that were interesting to me. I found that architecture could allow me to explore many of my interests and offer me the opportunity to develop my unending curiosity in different fields. Architecture has taught me to evaluate critically and to solve problems creatively and efficiently.

For me, being creative means not being afraid of not following the current, and not ‘Playing it Safe’. In architecture for instance, what you need to do is to throw out a crazy concept and solve the puzzle for it to make sense. You might need to work hard for creativity, though, as sometimes it is not simply a talent that comes to people naturally.

Looking ahead to my career, I would ideally be practicing in a firm that made ideals of sustainability, social as well as environmental a primary concern. I'm convinced that issues of environmental sustainability can only be fully addressed in design if it also takes social responsibility into account and vice versa.