Education

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, USA Master of Architecture (post-professional) August 2020 - May 2022

University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida,USA Bachelor of Architecture August 2012 - May 2017

Miami Dade College Miami, Florida, USA Associate of Arts August 2010 - May 2012

School for Advanced Studies Miami, Florida, USA High School Diploma August 2010 - May 2012

John A. Ferguson High School Miami, Florida, USA August 2008 - May 2010

 

Resolver Studio Chicago, Illinois USA Co-Founder June 2022 - Present

Studio Miami Miami, Florida USA Co-Founder and Partner April 2015 - May 2022

de la Guardia Victoria Architects & Urbanists Coral Gables, Florida USA Architectural Designer June 2017 - June 2020

Historical Concepts Atlanta, Georgia USA Architectural Intern June 2016 - August 2016

Cúre & Penabad Miami, Florida USA Architectural Intern May 2015 - December 2015

Paper Boutique Miami, Florida USA Graphic Designer May 2014 - March 2015

Practice Experience

 

Teaching Experience

Program Facilitator Chicago Mobile Makers May 2023 - Present

Adjunct Professor University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Third- and Fourth-Year Design Studio Instructor 2022-2023

Adjunct Professor University of Miami. Second-Year Design Studio Instructor Fall 2022

Adjunct Professor Florida Atlantic University Second-Year Design-Build Instructor Fall 2022

Student Assistant: NAAB Accreditation University of Miami School of Architecture Director of Undergraduate Studies, Carie Penabad January 2017 - May 2017

Teaching Assistant: Architectural Design Studio II University of Miami School of Architecture Coordinator/Professor Frank Martinez January 2017 - May 2017

Teaching Assistant: Architectural Drawing I University of Miami School of Architecture Coordinator/Professor Adib Cure August 2016 - December 2016

Teaching Assistant: Architectural Drawing I University of Miami School of Architecture Coordinator/Professor Carie Penabad August 2014 - December 2014

Research Assistant: Haiti Initiative Charrette Center for Urban and Community Design W.K. Kellogg Foundation June 2014

 

Publications

Retrospecta 44 Book & Website Co-Editor August 2021

Coordinator, Moderator: Latinx Features Lecture Series Yale University  Collaborators: Araceli Lopez, Guillermo Acosta Navarrete, Saba Salekfard Spring 2021

Paprika! Volume 7 Coordinating Editor Fall 2021

Paprika! Volume 6, Issue 5 Luck, Fate, or Happy Accident? Issue Editor Fall 2020

 

Recognition & Awards

Dean’s Scholarship Yale University School of Architecture Fall 2020

Finalist: Arch-Sharing Rural School in Haiti Competition
Collaborators: Rogelio Cadena, Bernardo Rievling September 2019

1st Prize: Coral Gables Smart City Competition - N.O.T. Team Name: The Laboratory of Everyday Things Collaborators: Rogelio Cadena, Adib Curé, Wang Jing, Ricardo Lopez, Chen Mingyu, Teofilo Victoria April 2019

1st Place: Upper Level Design Award University of Miami School of Architecture Spring 2017

John A. Childs Scholarship University of Miami School of Architecture Spring 2016

Finalist: Student Design Award for 2k15 Aquatic Complex University of Miami School of Architecture Fall 2015

Colin MacDonald Betsch Memorial Award Awarded to a fourth year architecture student who has excelled in design Spring 2014

1st Place: Student Design Award for Miami Fish Market University of Miami School of Architecture Collaborator: Rogelio Cadena Spring 2014

Provost’s Honor Roll
University of Miami School of Architecture
Awarded to students who have attained a grade point average of 3.75 for a given semester
Spring 2017 | Fall 2016 | Spring 2016

Dean’s List
University of Miami School of Architecture
Awarded to students who have attained a grade point average of 3.5 for a given semester
Spring 2017 | Fall 2016 | Spring 2016 | Spring 2015 | Fall 2014 | Spring 2014 | Fall 2013 | Spring 2013

Dickinson Scholarship University of Miami School of Architecture Fall 2012 - Spring 2017

Miami Grant University of Miami School of Architecture Fall 2012 - Spring 2017

 

Grants

Mexican Cities Initiative Harvard Graduate School of Design  Summer Research Grant  Project Name: Mapping Pilgrimages: Informal Economies in Mexico  Collaborators: Rogelio Cadena, Alejandra Avalos Guerrero, Guillermo Acosta Navarrete  Summer 2021 

 

Travel & Conferences

Rome Program
University of Miami School of Architecture
January 2016 - May 2016

UN Habitat III Conference
U.S. Green Building Council Student Ambassador
October 2016

 

Volunteering

HandsOn Miami June 2019

 

Hand Drawing

Rhinoceros

Key Shot

VRay

Rough Animator

Vyond Animation

Procreate

SketchUp

AutoCAD

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Light Room

Adobe Premiere

Adobe After Effects

Microsoft Office Suite

Skills & Tools

 

Personal

Nationalities
Cuban
American

Languages
Spanish
Fluent (Native)

English
Fluent

Italian Conversational