ASLA’s Women in Landscape Architecture Professional Practice Network (WILA PPN) is happy to share our first trio of profiles of women in the profession. Friendly reminder: if you’d like to be featured, the PPN’s call for submissions will remain open, with profiles being shared on an ongoing basis.
These profiles will appear on the PPN’s LinkedIn group, Facebook group, and here on The Field. This post includes Carolina Jaimes, ASLA, Connie Scothorn, ASLA, and Emily Greenwood, ASLA. Stay tuned for more WILA profiles in the coming weeks as our celebration of women in landscape architecture continues.
Carolina Jaimes, ASLA
What inspired you to pursue a career in landscape architecture?
I am from Colombia, the land of magical realism and one of the most biodiverse places on earth, so I guess that’s the root of my awe and curiosity for the natural environment. I have a bachelor’s degree in architecture and practiced it for 10 years, always trying to have a more sustainable practice. During the economic crisis of 2008/2009 we were working very limited hours in architecture so I decided to pursue my master’s at that point and that’s when I found and fell in love with landscape architecture. It was the perfect balance, what I was missing!