Nora is a 3 year MLA student in her final year of the program.
1. What was your undergraduate experience and how did it influence your decision to pursue a MLA?
My undergraduate degree was in Geography and Environmental Resources, which was essentially the study of the spatial relationships between humans and nature. While I really enjoyed the research, I wanted to do something more creative with this information.
My undergraduate degree was in Geography and Environmental Resources, which was essentially the study of the spatial relationships between humans and nature. While I really enjoyed the research, I wanted to do something more creative with this information.
2. What activities do you pursue outside the school?
Regularly reading fiction to put myself into a new or imaginary world; baking small-batch desserts; in the summer I love a team sports league.
Regularly reading fiction to put myself into a new or imaginary world; baking small-batch desserts; in the summer I love a team sports league.
3. Did you have an internship or externship experience? What did you learn from it/them?
I did two internships and one externship. I learned quite a bit about all of the work that happens outside of the design to make a project come to life - understanding city budgets for public proposals, knowing local code requirements, and seeing the role of engineers and architects in relation to myself. But I also learned about new creative processes, unfamiliar ecologies, and what I want in a workspace.
I did two internships and one externship. I learned quite a bit about all of the work that happens outside of the design to make a project come to life - understanding city budgets for public proposals, knowing local code requirements, and seeing the role of engineers and architects in relation to myself. But I also learned about new creative processes, unfamiliar ecologies, and what I want in a workspace.