Sarah Lorenzen, AIA is a registered architect at Peter Tolkin + Sarah Lorenzen Architecture (TOLO) and is a tenured architecture Professor at Cal Poly Pomona, and was chair of the department from 2013-2017. Since 2007 she has also served as director of the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences in Los Angeles, where she develops cultural and artistic programs and oversees the restoration of the site. She studied fine arts at  Smith / Atlanta College of Art (BFA), then went on to study architecture at Georgia Tech (M.Arch) and at SCI-Arc (M.Arch MR+D.)