Zarith Pineda is an architectural and urban designer. In 2017, she was appointed to teach Digital Design Techniques, Urban Theory, and Data Visualization at Columbia University as an Adjunct Associate Professor. At Columbia, her research on water diplomacy, spatial justice, and conflict urbanism awarded her the prestigious Lowenfish Memorial Prize. Zarith has practiced at a number of national/ international architectural and urban design firms where she was involved in a broad range of institutional, residential, and planning projects. Zarith’s work has been published and exhibited in New York, New Orleans, Washington D.C., Paris, Brussels, Venice, Amman and Tel Aviv. She appreciates a good IPA, listening to podcasts, and FaceTiming her genius nephew, Oliver.

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