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Turning Your Passion into Practice
Landscape architectural practices are often driven by great passion. This session will examine how emerging practitioners can translate their passion into research and new practice models. The presentation will share examples of creative business development strategies that advance practice and create added value for clients and community groups.
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Diana Fernandez, ASLA
Deputy Chief of Urban Design
Boston Planning and Development Agency
As Deputy Chief of Urban Design, Diana Fernandez Bibeau will elevate the importance of urban design, and champion the transformative power of sustainable and walkable communities for all ages and abilities. Fernandez works to strategically transform existing BPDA urban design processes to promote predictability and quality for both the community members and the development industry. With over a decade of private practice experience, Diana has built a design portfolio that reassesses the policies that have perpetuated race, gender, environmental and socioeconomic inequality, and created design methodologies that can respond to and correct them.
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Adriana Hernandez Aguirre, Associate ASLA
Landscape Designer
Coleman and Associates
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