¡Hola!
My name is Leslie and I am an aspiring architect 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.
Currently a 2025/26 architectural fellow with the Princeton University Chicago Architecture Center.
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.
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.
Currently working on my passion project, Chica Build, to uplift young women in architecture through design-build projects focused on mass timber and earth-building materials.
My true joy lies within: Growing in my faith, exploring God’s wonderful creations in nature by hiking/running/biking,
and spending time with family!
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Resume and portfolio available upon request and
can be reached at:
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