As a registered Architect, with over 15 years experience, I am currently in private practice leading inclusive, community-focused projects internationally. My work spans across new, adaptive reuse, and conservation projects, shaped by roles in both private practice and the NSW Government Architect’s Office. My focus is on creating engaging and inclusive spaces for all and I am particularly interested in finding new uses for old places.

Growing up in southwest Sydney, along a major artery that coursed with the lifeblood of a coalescence of communities, I grew to love urban spaces, with a curiosity for how the built environment could help (or hinder) fostering community connectedness. Studying architecture was a natural progression, beginning with an architecture degree (with Honours) at the University of New South Wales. I then strengthened this with a Masters in Heritage Conservation at the University of Sydney, which culminated in a report on Luminosity and Urbanity: Neon Signage and Metropolitan Sydney.

I have been awarded a Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship from the NSW Architects Registration Board, to study the topic of Re-Imagining Mosques: The Intersection of Inclusive Architecture and Urban Design. Broadly, the research looks at the important role architecture can play in bringing communities together and fostering inclusion through the built environment.