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Industry Experience

Gabriela is an Associate Principal and the Strategic Practice Manager at Utile, where she treats the practice like a project. In her role, she works to formalize and advance architectural and planning processes in relation to firm-wide management, strategy, and culture. As a project architect, she has over ten years of experience primarily focused on academic buildings.

Professional Affiliations

Gabriela is currently an elected member of the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Board of Directors. Prior to this, she served on the NCARB Education committee, as the AIA Massachusetts Licensing Advisor, co-chair of the BSA Emerging Professionals Network, steering committee member for the 2018 BSA Now Practice Now Series, and cohort member of the 2015 NCARB Think Tank. She has taught studios at the Boston Architectural College and the University of Minnesota, and spoken in a handful of universities about the licensing path in the United States. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), teaching Professional Practice in the M. Arch. program