Elizabeth is the founder and co-Executive Director of LA Más, a non-profit based in Northeast LA that designs and builds initiatives that promote neighborhood resilience and elevate the agency of working-class communities of color. Specifically, they envision a Northeast Los Angeles where communities of color have equitable access to the power and resources needed to shape their futures. A notable recent project is their Backyard Homes program where they are designing and building Section 8 housing properties using backyard homes or ADUs.
Elizabeth has also been named an Emerging Voice by the Architecture League, Women of the Year by Los Angeles Magazine, Curbed’s Young Gun of the Year, Next City Vanguard 2019 (recipient of the Vanguard Big Idea Challenge,) and Exhibit Columbus Washington Street Civic Leader. She is currently an adjunct teacher at Cal Poly Pomona and has taught at Woodbury and Harvard Universities. When not on juries or teaching Elizabeth writes in journals and publications like Manifest Journal, Log 48, and Tablula Plena. Elizabeth holds a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Southern California.
Email: elizabeth@mas.la