Excited to Share | Part of the Adjaye Associates Team
- pascalesablan
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 7, 2021
It's official! This week I became a part of the Adjaye Associates Team. In my new role, I'll be both an Architect and an Advocate. As an Associate in the New York office, I will be running projects as well as work with the senior team on project management, business development, and supporting diversity and advocacy work.
To have the ability to hold both parts of my identity while working on world impacting projects that push for design justice is a dream come true! For those like me who were told we had to choose, we can do both!
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