CEO + Founding Principal
Kounkuey Design Initiative
Los Angeles, California
Chelina believes in the power of community-engaged design to advance racial, environmental, and economic equity in neighborhoods and cities. As Founding Principal and CEO of Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI), she aims to bring good design to places where it is not often found and connect localized design interventions to large-scale policy change. In 2022, KDI received the National Design Award for Landscape Architecture from Cooper Hewitt, and in 2023, Chelina received an Honorary ASLA Membership. She earned a BA with high honors from Claremont McKenna College and a Master of Urban Planning from Harvard University.
TUE-A07: Doing Good: Building and Sustaining an Ethical Practice
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
8:30am – 9:45am ET