LOTEC TEAM
Melissa Boo
Henry Gordon-Smith
Saami Sabiti
Steven Burke
Challey Commer
Esperanza Garcia
Adriana Kliegman
"I give 100% to everything I do such as being a mom, a wife, and an engineer."
"Our greatest challenges are opportunities to better define ourselves."
Floren Poliseo
"I'm on a mission to make suburbs more sustainable."
Melisa Pernalete
"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it" - Tagore
A recent transplant to New York City, Challey is adjusting from the pastures of the Catskills to the concrete jungle by obsessing over her indoor lemon tree and rooftop compost bin.
"Average number of years that I have lived in a country before moving to another: 2.7."
Derrek Clarke
"I've eaten crickets in Thailand!"
"Making the world a better place- one person at a time."
Joseph Persaud
"As far as I know, you only live once, so I try to use my limited time on Earth to make a positive impact."
ADVISOR
Lynnette Widder
Lynnette Widder is the Principal and Co-founder of aardvarchitecture. Widder has over fifteen years of experience teaching design, conducting seminars, and organizing architectural excursions for architecture students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.She was Head of the RISD Department of Architecture from 2006-2011.
"Let's defy the tyranny of precedent so that others might do the same."
Co-Founder of International Youth Council and Philippine Youth Climate Movement. Sustainability and Renewable Energy Consultant. Visit: www.esperanzagarcia.net
