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Aki Ishida received her Master of Science in advanced architectural design from Columbia University and Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota. She is a registered architect, a LEED-accredited professional, and the principal of Aki Ishida Architect PLLC, a research-based design practice founded in New York. Prior to starting her company, she was a designer and project manager with James Carpenter Design Associates, I. M. Pei Architect, and Rafael Vinoly Architects. She is currently an assistant professor of architecture at Virginia Tech and has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons the New School for Design, Pratt Institute, and Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea. She has run multiple collaborative projects with partners including the Japan Society, Starwood Hotels, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.