Education
Columbia University
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
September 2016 — December 2019
KieranTimberlake Scholar
Fall 2018 — Fall 2019
Dean’s List
Fall 2016 — Fall 2019
Magna cum laude
GPA 3.95
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA
Master of Architecture
September 2020 — December 2023
Studio semester abroad in Arles, France
September 2022 — December 2022
Thesis advised by Farshid Moussavi
A tropical bio-repository, sculpting keyline permaculture irrigation networks and re-purposing invasive timber species for shading structures and water collection, for the conservation of plants endemic to the Caribbean to combat regional desertification
Publications
Sustainable Commons: Housing and Urban Mining
Harvard GSD
By Farshid Moussavi and Hanif Kara
March 2024
Written and graphic contribution
Work Experience
Hill West Architects
New York, NY
Architectural Design Intern
January 2020 — July 2020
Conversion of a conceptual AutoCAD model to a working BIM model, integrating structural engineers’ and MEP consultants’ assets, extracting detail drawings for initial permit package, for 20-floor mixed- used luxury high-rise at 8 Court Square, totaling 1003 hours in design development phase
Facemaker Design Group
Miami, FL
Design Intern
July 2020 — November 2020
Production of plans and renders to visualize residential and small-scale commercial spaces for clients, as well as shop drawings of custom furniture and joinery for sub-contractors
Ledee, LLC
Miami, FL / Saint-Barthélemy / Trinidad
Independent Architecture Consultant
December 2020 — Present
Metrowest Detention Center
Renovation of asbestos-contaminated lobby, visitation area and bathrooms; creation of lawyer-inmate meeting rooms; custom joinery design for visitation desks and guard desk
eHealth Pharmacy
Conversion of Trinidad’s Costa Rican Embassy to wellness pharmacy and retail outlet
Chee-Awai Residence
Gut renovation of a 19th-century camelback house in New Orleans’ Garden District
King Residence
Consolidation of bedrooms and office to form owner’s wing, new kitchens and bathrooms
Continuum Residence
Reconfiguration of kitchen, survey and plans for permit submission, relocating non-structural partitions, resizing HVAC unit, extending kitchen plumbing, alternate fire egress route
Association Syndicale Libre du Lotissement du Chateau
Saint Jean, Saint-Barthélemy
Elected Secretary
August 2022 — Present
On-site regulation and management of 313,906 square-meter estate, representation of legal body inproperty proceedings and donations, maintenance of aging PVC water infrastructure
Software Skills
Rhino 7
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Lightroom
Revit
Webflow
ClimateStudio
FloVENT CFD Analysis
V-Ray
Languages
English
Native
French
Fluent