Studies and Academic Degrees

M. Arch. Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, 1993.

B. Environmental Design, Cum Laude, School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico, 1989.

Job experience

• 2003 – Present Associate Professor Senior, Miami Dade College, School of Architecture, Miami.

• 2002 -2003 Adjunct Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale.

• 1998 -2003 Adjunct Professor, Florida International University, Miami.

• 2000 -2003 Adjunct Professor, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale.

• 1998 -1999 Adjunct Professor, New World School of the Arts, Miami.

• 1997-1998 Designer, Studio Lido, Miami Beach.

• 1996-1997 Junior Architect, Perez and Perez Architects, Coral Gables.

• 1993-1996 Junior Architect, Bohm-NBBJ Architects, Columbus, Ohio.

• 1988-1990 Intern, J.R.C. Davis Architects, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• 1999 -1999 Instructor, Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH) Miami.

Papers

• Design Communication Association (DCA) juried exhibition, Southern Polytechnic State University 2014.

• Exhibition review: Opa Locka, Mirage City International Journal of Islamic Architecture Vol. Issue 201 2014.

• Miami Bungalows, Orphans of the Perpetual Boom American Bungalow Magazine Issue 57 Spring 2008 .

• Miami Bungalows South Florida History Historical Museum of South Florida Volume 35 2007.

• The Scottish Rite Temple, Home Miami Magazine, Vol.2 num.6 June 2005.

• Architecture at The O.S.U. School Works Publication, 1992-1993.

Teaching

• Fulbright Specialist Roster Candidate 2018-2023.

• Museum Studies Graduate Certificate, Florida International University, Miami 2017.

• F.I.U.-The Wolfsonian internship, Curatorial and Exhibitions Department, 2017.

• Fulbright Scholar Discipline Peer Reviewer 2015-16, 2016-17 review cycles.

• Professional memberships; American Alliance of Museums, Cur Com (Member-at-large Curators Committee), Independent Curators International (ICI), Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC), Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) , Vernacular Architecture Forum

• Miami Dade College Virtual College Online faculty and course developer: History of Architecture and History of Interiors.

• Honors College Faculty Certification.

Awards and Prizes

• 2021-22 Fulbright- Garcia Robles U.S. Studies Chair, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.

• 2020 President’s Innovation Fund award, Miami Dade College

• 2019 Access Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum.

• 2019 NEH (DH) Summer institute Caribbean Studies Digital Humanities, Gainesville, Florida.

• 2018 Orlando V. Ridout Fieldwork Fellowship, Vernacular Architecture Forum.

• 2017 Global Connections Fellowship Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/MIT (Global Architecture History Teaching Collaborative).

• 2017 N.E.H. Summer Institute American Material Culture: 19th-Cent. New York, Bard Graduate Center, N.Y.

• 2016 Smithsonian Fellowship National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) Chaos BA International Conference Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• 2016 Visiting Artist/Scholar Program American Academy in Rome.

• 2015 N.E.H. Summer Institute, The Alhambra and Spain’s Islamic Past, Granada, Spain.

• 2015 N.E.H. O.D.H. Institute for Community College Digital Humanists Lane Community College, Eugene Oregon (declined).

• 2015 Florida Humanities Council’s Teaching Florida Teacher’s Seminar, La Florida: Colonial Spanish St. Augustine.

• 2012-13 Florida Department of State Matching Historic Preservation Grant, Community Education Project, MDC, Learning from Miami: Miami’s History, Architecture and Preservation.

• 2008 Graham Foundation for the Advancement of the Fine Arts Research Grant, A Concrete Presence, The Architecture of Miami Dade Community College.

• 2004 Miami Dade College Learning Innovations Golden Apple Grant Miami Dade College From Drawing to Design: A Design-Built Approach.

• 1992 Award of Merit A.I.A. Fourth Annual C.A.H. / Ansco Design Charette

• 1991-92 Galen A. Oman Architectural Scholarship. School of Architecture, Ohio State University.