AAPI Architect Lira Luis Wins the RSA Fellowship Councillor Elections in US
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Notable past fellows (before 1914, members) include Charles Dickens, Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Hawking, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Nelson Mandela, David Attenborough, William Hogarth, John Diefenbaker, and Tim Berners-Lee. The late Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, was its Patron following her coronation in 1953.Lira led her campaign with an electoral manifesto focused on three causes she cherishes as a problem-solver: Climate Action (ESG); Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI); and Criminal Justice Reform.As an immigrant American architect, Lira is a daughter of developed and developing worlds which uniquely prepared her to support The RSA as a connector of people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our uncertain times. While she has witnessed the devastation of our climate and biodiversity crisis on survivors from island nations, with a most recent experience preparing for Super Typhoon Noru while in the Philippines, she has also seen the innovations of the built environment in America. She has collaborated with diverse global groups such as the RIBA, UK Trade and Investment/DIT, British Consulate Generals, The White House Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Commissioners, United Nations Women, and US-Philippines Society, including US Ambassadors such as Amb. And I get to work very hard to bring people who are all different from each other -- together”, shares Lira Luis FRSA, FRIBA, NCARB, LEED AP, the newly elected RSA Fellowship Councillor in the US.
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