Portland, OR

“I am passionate about integrating many voices and perspectives into beautiful designs that respect the community and the natural environment.”

Danáe facilitates workshops and tailors building designs for users with unique needs. She collaborated on the early planning and community engagement, energy modeling, and conceptual design for a proposed net-zero energy education campus at Mount St. Helens National Monument. Danáe is passionate about work that respects Indigenous peoples and their commitment to the land and environmental stewardship; she was awarded the firm’s community service scholarship for conceptual design of Barbie’s Village, a planned, Native-specific transitional housing village. She is leading the firm’s DEI in Design initiative and champions sustainable design efforts across project teams. Danáe holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon.