Zarith holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design (M.AUD) from Columbia University, where she was awarded the Lowenfish Prize, and a Master of Architecture from Tulane University. Since 2017, she has been an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University, teaching digital design techniques, urban theory, and data visualization in applied analytics. In 2024, she joined the Spitzer School of Architecture at CUNY as an Adjunct Lecturer in architecture studio. Her professional experience spans architecture, urban design, and policy consulting, with a focus on communities often overlooked—namely women, children, and the displaced. Her work at Territorial Empathy investigates the intersection of urban design and systemic inequity, including Segregation is Killing Us, an award-winning spatial analysis of how redlining shaped the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on communities of color in New York City; H.earth, a sanctuary for immigrants in the South Bronx; and The People’s Bus, a civic engagement project transforming a former Rikers Island jail bus into a mobile community center. Zarith’s research and projects have been published and exhibited in New York, New Orleans, Washington D.C., Paris, Brussels, Venice, Amman, and Tel Aviv, and recognized by institutions such as ESRI, the United Nations, and The World Bank.

Victoria is an architectural and urban designer based in New York. Her architectural work experience spans numerous typologies in scales providing a broad understanding of the city. She has recently completed her graduate studies, obtaining a Master's in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University. Her research focused on equity through productive landscapes of which she was awarded the Lowenfish Memorial Prize. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and spending quality time with her cat, Silvio.

Oscar M. Caballero (he/him/his) is a Nicaraguan architect, researcher, and visual artist based in New York City. After working at the intersection of tropical architecture, technology, and art in his home country, he graduated with a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia University in 2020. He has focused much of his research on studying Nicaragua's current and past realities through territorial studies connecting with topics such as geopolitics, urban memory, architecture and landscape. His research aims to become a canvas to propel and advance the critical discourse of architecture in the midst of Nicaragua’s fluid context. His work has been published by the Institute of Latin American Studies of Columbia University (ILAS), Patio Magazine (Latin GSAPP), Urban Magazine (GSAPP), Managua Furiosa, Monument Lab, ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America and DESOBED/ENC/A, his opinion column in Revista Construir.

Cecilia Gonzalez- Rubio, Architectural Designer

Tola Oniyangi, Urban Planner, Design Technologist

Valentin Fauveau, Data Scientist, Biomedical Engineer

Yi Zhang, Landscape, Urban Designer

Yi Zhuang, Data Scientist