¡Hola!

My name is Leslie and I am an architectural designer and educator passionate about educational architecture, regenerative design, and cultural heritage as ways to support the environment and strengthen communities.

I am a graduate of the Master of Architecture II program at Harvard University Graduate School of Design as a Dean's Merit Scholar, 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and 2025 Harvard GSD Rafael Moneo Rome Prize recipient. My post-graduate MArch II thesis, ‘Escuelita Lochiel’, was awarded the 2025-26 ArchDaily Student Project Awards.

Upon graduation, pursued the 2025-2026 Princeton University Chicago Architecture Center Fellowship and was awarded the 2026-2027 Henry Luce Scholarship to further explore my passions in earth-building architecture through climate-based design in Southeast Asia.

Obtained a Bachelors of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design with double-minors in Nature Sustainability and Latin-American Cultural Studies. Honored to have been awarded the RISD Undergraduate Thesis Prize and First-Generation Legacy Building Award.

Currently working as an architectural intern with Tatiana Bilbao Estudio in Mexico City. Previously worked with junya.ishigami + associates in Tokyo, orizzontale in Rome, BNIM in Kansas City, Studio Gang, and Sweet Water Foundation in Chicago.

My passions in architecture and education have led me to founding, First-Gen Chisme, a community organization dedicated to empowering first-generation youth through the intersections of culture, design and education.