PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

studio CO’ llc, Principal, 2024–present

Detroit Collaborative Design Center

  • Faculty Partner, 2023–present

  • Co-Executive Director, 2019–2023

  • Senior Designer & Project Director, 2015–2019

  • Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow, 2012–2014

buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, Community Designer, 2011

Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, Public Design Intern, 2010–2011

EDUCATION

UC Berkeley, Master of Architecture + Master of City & Regional Planning, 2010 

Brown University, B.A. Architectural Studies, 2002

CERTIFICATION

Registered Architect, State of Michigan, 2016 - 

SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

AIA Housing & Community Development Knowledge Community Advisory Group (2019 Chair), 2015-present 

Leadership Committee, Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), 2024-present 

Design Futures Leadership Forum Faculty, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Cohort, 2020-2024

AIA Equitable Development Resource Panel, 2022

United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Racial Equity Fund Workgroup, 2021-2022

AIA National Housing Awards, Jury Chair, 2021 

SELECT HONORS

Fellowship to Advance Equity in Architecture, ACSA, 2024 

Michigan ASLA Honor Award, DCDC, 2022

AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award Community-Informed Design Award, 8869 Avis, 2019

AIA Detroit Honor Award, 8869 Avis, 2019

AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, DCDC, 2017

Curry Stone Design Prize, DCDC, 2017

Next City Vanguard, Top Urban Innovator, 2015 

ULI Larsen Center for Leadership, 2015