me
(she|they)
Hey there!
My name is Emilia Cabeza de Baca. I am an emerging architectural professional specializing in design of spaces for community gathering and Justice, as well as Urban Design and material science. I hope to expand into design of spaces for worship and play.
My primary place-making tools are curiosity, active listening, storytelling, teamwork, and advocacy. I’m an experienced facilitator and project manager.
I love the sound of fresh snow underfoot, the smell of wet cedar and concrete, smooshing clay and mud through my hands, and unexpected animal friendships. Quantum theory and film are my favorite subjects.
Cultural identity and places that make me:
I currently live and practice in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest of the United States. I am made from the soil-air-water-blood shared between California, Jalisco, New Mexico, Colorado, Spain, and Germany. I would happily live and practice in outer space.
I am the product of consensual as well as forced union between Indigenous and settler people in the North American West, and am in the process of decolonizing my consciousness and supporting others in their journeys of liberation.
I speak english and spanglish, y necesito practicar español. I identify as Chican@/x or Xican@/x; Mestiz@/x, Latinx, Hispanic, Latin American, American are generally applicable though problematic. My 21st-century pronouns are She/they; while I embody and identify with femininity, my soul is one with all things and has no gender/all genders.