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AIA Southern Arizona’s Women in Architecture and Committee on the Environment (COTE) came together on Saturday, September 26, to volunteer with Tucson Clean & Beautiful and make a lasting impact on the built environment. By planting trees in Tucson’s Rosemont West neighborhood, our group contributed to expanding the urban tree canopy, strengthening community spaces, and supporting Mayor Romero’s Tucson Million...

Making an impact together! Our AIA Phoenix Metro members and Women in Architecture group came together to volunteer with Feed My Starving Children, packing meal boxes to help provide nutritious meals to children around the world and support the fight against global hunger. Our collective efforts resulted in 101 boxes packed, providing 21,816 meals and helping support 59 children with...

Courtney Fisher, AIA, Director of Architecture at Ideation Design Group in Phoenix, recently completed Next to Lead, a national AIA professional leadership program that removes barriers to AIA volunteer leadership positions for racially and ethnically underrepresented women in architecture. As a part of the 2025–2026 Next to Lead cohort, Fisher engaged in a ten-month program aimed at enhancing association leadership...

All are welcome for a special Women’s History Month celebration featuring two of Arizona’s most influential architectural leaders. Hear from 2025 AIA Arizona Medal honoree Teresa Rosano, AIA, and AIA Arizona Chairman’s Award honoree Kathy Hancox, AIA, as they sit down in conversation with 2025 AIA Southern Arizona President Laura Vertes, AIA. Presented by AIA Southern Arizona Women in Architecture,...

On Wednesday, July 30, in celebration of Disability Pride Month, members and students joined AIA Phoenix Metro Women in Architecture and the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) Committee for an insightful panel on Design for Accessibility: Beyond the Code and a tour of Ability360 Sports and Fitness Center. This was an engaging discussion on designing for accessibility—the panelists expertise...

This interview with Maurita N. Harris, AIA, NOMA, was originally published by AIA Arizona in January 2022, when she began her two-year term as the 2022-2023 president of the Arizona chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). A project architect for the hospitality team at PHX Architecture in Scottsdale since 2010, Harris has held key roles in a...