BE (AWARDS + ACCLAIM)
2023 DCCEAS Young Architect of the Year Award
2022 AIA|DC Emerging Architect Award
2022 Sho-Ping Chin Architecture Foundation Grant Recipient
2022 AIA|DC Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program Scholar
2021 AIA|DC Mentorship with FAIAs Scholar
2016 Elizabeth Moesta White Scholarship
2016 USGBC Greenbuild Scholarship
LOOK (PANELS + JURIES + WORKSHOPS)
Guest Speaker - Career Guidance Session, Architecture is Free Foundation
Jury - 2023 Board of Directors Nominating Committee, AIA|DC
Jury - 2023 Sho-Ping Chin Grant, Architecture Foundation
Guest Speaker - Building Your Network, Women in Non-Traditional Studies Club at Alfred State College
Guest Speaker - Pathway to Leadership, AIA|PV
Jury & Panelist - 2021 Student Design Competition, AIA|PV
Guest Speaker - Mentorship in Architecture, Women Architecture Collective
Guest Speaker - Work-Life Balance, Young Architects
Jury - 2017 Final Semester Review for B.Arch. 1-year, University of Cincinnati
LISTEN (PODCAST+ EXHIBITION + MEDIA)
Architect My Life Podcast - AML Podcast Series | AIA WLS'23 Interview feat. Saakshi Terway
Architectette Podcast - Voices from the 2023 AIA Women's Leadership Summit
AIA Women Leadership Sumit 2023 - SHO-PING CHIN: Legacy of Leadership (on display from 12-14 September 2023)
University of Cincinnati News - Young Alum Pays it Forward
AIANOVA WIA - Women History Month Feature, 30 in 30
Octagon House Museum - SAY IT LOUD Exhibit (on display from June - December 2022)
Architecture Foundation - Feature, 2022 Sho-Ping Chin Women's Leadership Summit Grant Recipient
Navigating the Profession - Co-Founder of AEC Industry Discussion Series on clubhouse
Beyond the Built Environment - Project Feature
Design Stri - Feature, South-Asian women architects/designers in the built environment
Design Voice Podcast - Interview on Mentorship, Inclusion, and Self-Advocacy
ArchiParlour - Feature, Global women architects/designers in the AEC industry
LEARN (LECTURES + CLASSES)
2021 Design Studio Instructor for Re:dux elements – The Column
2022 Design Studio Instructor for Re:code - Universal Design
THINK (PUBLICATIONS + EDITORIALS)
City Shapers: Stories of Immigrant Designers Co-Authored a book published by IAC
Industry Toolkit - Published as a chapter for IAC Guidebook, included in AIAPV’s Blog & member resources, re-published in AIA YAF’s Connection 2022: Career Evolution
Resilient DC: A Strategy to Thrive in the Face of Change - DC’s first resilience strategy for 100RC
2017 - 2021 AIA UD|DC Avenues Journals Managing Editor
M.Arch. Thesis – Preserving the Intangible Heritage
DO (AFFILIATIONS, VOLUNTEERING + OTHER ACTIVITIES)
Washington DC Representative for AIA National Associates Committee
Secretary of the IAC Non-Profit Organization
Advisory Board Member for 2023 & 2024 AIA Women in Leadership Sumit
Advisory Board Member for AIA National Housing and Community Development Knowledge Committee
2023 Advisory Board Member for AIA|DC CKLDP
2023 Committee Advisor | 2022 Past-Chair | 2020 & 2021 Committee Chair | 2019 Social Media & Community Outreach Coordinator for AIA|DC Urban Design Committee
2022 Advisory Board Member for AIA|DC Emerging Architects’ Committee
Architecture & Urban Design Mentor for Architecture is Free Foundation
2018 - 2020 County Reporter (USA) for World Architecture Community
2018 & 2019 Member of Mayor Bowser’s DC Urban Resilient Strategy Team
2016 & 2017 Core Committee Member of Graduate Student Association, University of Cincinnati
2015 & 2016 Core Team Member for M.Arch. Application Evaluation, University of Cincinnati