Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2021 conference session.
Start Date
12/17/2023
End Date
12/16/2025
Description
Dive into three distinct Latina-Lead firms and candidly explore firm origin stories, set-backs, big breaks, and the personal moments of opposition and triumph that lead to founding and running a design-forward, empathetic, and mission-based firms. These practices range from small to large, showcasing the leadership that exists within Latinx community.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Business Practices / Contracts / HR
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
• Understand the ways in which a practice built on passion and understanding of others can be a catalyst for social change; • Identify the importance of Latina and immigrant representation in the design profession; Connect with other Latinx in landscape architecture and create a networking platform.; • Motivate Latinx and other individuals from underrepresented communities to step into leadership roles;
Instructors
Patricia Algara, ASLA; Mia Lehrer, FASLA; L. Irene Compadre, ASLA; Patricia Akinaga
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects