I recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's of Architecture, and I am seeking entry-level architectural and urban design roles. I am currently contributing to an adaptative reuse project in a rural village of the Fujian province in China as a temporary Junior Architect with studioSUMO.
My academic interests and professional experience in architecture and urban design are in research-based design explorations, dedicated engagement in twenty-first century issues, and in producing sophisticated design solutions informed by spatial concepts. I am energized to launch my professional career, concertedly pursue licensure, and to accelerate my learning of design and construction under senior professionals.
studioSUMO, New York, NY, US, Junior Architect (Contract)
Advance concept design through digital modeling, iterative studies, and drawings for adaptive re-use project in rural Fujian, China.
Engage directly with design principals and project consultants to prepare design documentation and presentation materials under an accelerated project schedule.
Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, NY, US, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Co-lead hand-drawing workshop sessions and digital tool tutorials for the foundational architectural representations courses.
Facilitated mentorship of first-year students in drawing and design techniques for representations and studio courses.
studioSUMO, New York, NY, US, Architectural Design Intern
Prepared schematic and conceptual design drawings, digital models, and construction details for exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and Crystal Bridges Museum.
Advanced design development and construction documentation for a post-pandemic office expansion through digital modeling and analytical diagramming.
Conceptualized presentation drawings and contributed to design development for an educational facility on the MIT campus.
General Architecture Collaborative (GAC), Syracuse, NY, US, Research Assistant
Analyzed demographic, socioeconomic, and housing condition survey data of rural Rwandan households and developed diagrams that represent the average Rwandan house and resident’s access to services.
Assisted in devising strategies for house repair and in expanding firm’s donor base through social media.
Advanced representation of investigated topics in collaborative project with a SOURCE research grant.
Institute for Public Architecture, New York, NY, US, Research Assistant, Residency Advisor
Supported research fellows in drawing development for projects related to land policy and infrastructure.
Coordinated exhibition events and assisted in directing the residency program at Governor’s Island. Developed drawings for IPA promotion and initiated re-design of the public website.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, US, BArch, Architecture
Summa Cum Laude
Britton Memorial Thesis Award Citation of Excellence
Minor in Environmental Policy and Geography
Global Study in New York City and Florence, Italy.
Britton Memorial Thesis Award Citation of Excellence, Award
Awarded for undergraduate Directed Research project, "Foothills Urbanism: A Future of Inferno," that analyzes how the spatial, urban, and architectural dimensions of foothills cities in the American West contribute to the intensifying risk of disaster caused by increasing climate-induced urban wildfire.
Remembrance Scholar, Scholarship
The Syracuse University Remembrance Scholarship program is awarded to 35 students to represent the 35 Syracuse students killed in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Scholars are chosen for embodying the university's ideals for academics, leadership, and character, and is one of the highest graduating honors.
SOURCE Research Grant, Grant
Clements Internship Award, Scholarship
US-UK Fulbright Award, Scholarship
The US-UK Fulbright Commission hosts annual summer institutes for US students to complete coursework at the most prestigious universities in the UK. I was selected from a highly competitive national entry to attend the summer institute in Glasgow, Scotland at the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow School of Art and learn under the topic of innovation in design, technology, and global environmental change.
Syracuse University Success Scholar, Scholarship
