Recognition and Awards

 

2025 Lori Healey Rising Leader Award — Chicago Architecture Center

The Lori Healey Rising Leader award honors the legacy of Lori Healey, a visionary civic leader, trailblazer in urban development, and tireless advocate for equity and opportunity.

2024 Community Design Impact Award — Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Community Design Impact Award recognizes an emerging architect of color who is engaged in community design in Chicago's disinvested communities.

2024 USA Fellow — United States Artists 

United States Artists Fellowships are $50,000 unrestricted awards for artists and collectives working throughout the United States and its territories. Each year, the Fellowship honors artists at all career stages for their significant contributions to the country's cultural landscape.

2023 Distinguished Service Award — AIA Chicago

Since 1955, the Board of Directors of AIA Chicago has recognized individuals and organizations who have given outstanding service to the Chicago architectural community as a whole.

2023 Wheelwright Prize Finalist — Harvard Graduate School of Design

Harvard GSD’s Wheelwright Prize is an international competition for early-career architects. Winners receive a $100,000 fellowship to foster intensive and innovative architectural research that is informed by cross-cultural engagement and can have a significant impact on architectural discourse.

2023 Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Visionary Award — IIDA

The Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Visionary Award celebrates the professional achievements of Anna Hernandez, founder of Luna Textiles, through establishing and presenting an annual prize for women entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

2022 Pierre Keller Award — Hublot

Hublot welcomed eight young designers to the Serpentine Gallery in London to present their work to a jury. The 2022 Hublot Design Prize went to Nifemi Marcus-Bello, and the Pierre Keller Awards went to Maya Bird-Murphy and Connor Cook.

2022 Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab Award — Theaster Gates, Prada, Rebuild Foundation

The Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab is a three-year program launched in September 2021 by Dorchester Industries, founded by artist Theaster Gates, and the Prada Group, in partnership with Theaster Gates Studio and the Rebuild Foundation.

2021 Architecture Graduate of the Last Decade Award — Ball State University

2020 Alan Madison Award — AIA Illinois 

2018 Emerging Designer Award — Boston Architectural College Alumni Association

2018 Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship Recipient — AIA Architects Foundation

2018 Design+Diversity National Fellow — AIGA

2018 Edwin T. Steffian Centennial Thesis Award — Boston Architectural College