This is my Story.

I first fell in love with architecture when I was seven years old. A family friend was pursuing it, and I remember being fascinated by how they could bring ideas to life, turning sketches into spaces people could actually inhabit. Even then, I was drawn to the human side of design: how spaces make us feel, move, and connect.

As I grew up, that curiosity evolved into a desire to understand systems; how creativity, logic, and empathy could come together to shape our built environment. School gave me the foundation for both creative and systems thinking, but it was my first internship at Midori Architects that gave this passion direction. There, I began to see architecture not just as form and function, but as something deeply intertwined with our planet. I realized that buildings shouldn’t merely occupy space, but should live with us, in harmony with their environment.

That idea has guided me ever since. Today, as a Master’s student in Sustainable Design at Carnegie Mellon University, I’m exploring how design, performance, and ecology can coexist, learning how to make sustainability not just an add-on, but an integral part of the process.

I’m excited to carry these lessons into the real world; to work with buildings and systems that are not only efficient, but alive, adaptive, and human.