Kendra Hyson '15 MLA has followed a path to leadership not just in landscape architecture but also in the movement for social equity in built environment design—as both a founder of The Urban Studio and in her current role as a landscape architect and planner for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

In this keynote lecture for the CAPLA Futures Council, Kendra discusses her experience as a landscape architecture and planner as a meaningful vehicle to social equity and environmental awareness. She describes her work as co-founder of The Urban Studio and the impact she has seen through engaging young people in communities of color.

Read her recent alumni profile.

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