BE (AWARDS + ACCLAIM)

2021 AIA|DC Mentorship with FAIAs Scholar

2016 Elizabeth Moesta White Scholarship

2016 USGBC Greenbuild Scholarship

LOOK (PANELS + JURIES + WORKSHOPS)

Guest Speaker - Metropolitan Washington (SEA-MW) Book Club Panel Discussion

Guest Speaker - UMD School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Emerging Professionals Career Panel

Panalist - Thriving as an Immigrant Architect Session, 2024 NOMA Conference

Panalist - Building Resilient Careers through Networking, Mentorship & Leadership, 2024 AIA WLS Conference

Panalist - Harnessing Your Superpower, 2024 AIA National Conference

Panalist - Changmakers Building a Just and Equitable Society, 2024 AIA National Conference
Guest Speaker - Roundtable Discussion Global Mentorship, AIA International

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)

Foreign Architects - Architects in US with Saakshi Terway

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)

Prospering in the US: A Handbook for Immigrant Architects Main-Authored a book published by IAC
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)

Associate Representative for AIA Stratigic Council

Secretary of the IAC Non-Profit Organization

Licensing Advisor for NCARB

Advisory Board Member for AIA National Housing and Community Development Knowledge Committee

2024 NAC Liason for AIA Stratigic Council
2023-24 Advisory Board Member for AIA Women in Leadership Summit
2023-24 Washington DC Representative for AIA National Associates Committee

2023 Advisory Board Member for AIA|DC CKLDP

2022-23 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

2018 - 2020 County Reporter (USA) for World Architecture Community

2018 & 2019 Member of Mayor Bowser’s DC Urban Resilience Strategy Team

Architecture & Urban Design Mentor & Educator for Architecture is Free Foundation

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