Luz Wallace, LEED Green Assoc. is a designer at OLI Architecture an international firm designing cultural and institutional projects. She is also a visiting professor at Pratt Institute teaching advanced architectural studio and media representation. She is the recipient of the AIA Henry Adams Medal Award, and SARA national award for student research. Her work for "synthetic landscapes" has been exhibited at the Berlin design week exhibition. Previously, she worked at Christian Duvernois Landscape Studio in NYC. During almost 5 years there she was involved with the design of several award winning Urban native green roofs and permaculture gardens. She is a founding member of DEI organization at Pratt Institute and has collaborated with NOMAS and Pratt Futures lecture series to foster diversity and equality in the architecture curriculum.