Mira Woodson is a multidisciplinary synthetic designer and educator. Her work extends across graphic visualization and conceptual architectural design which inform and reform her relationship with the built and imagined environments. Exploring the adjacency and overlap of embodied memory through creation and recreation. Woodson received her MFA in Experimental Art and Technology and a minor in Museum Studies from The University of New Mexico She was a 2015 SITE Scholar and presented artwork in the third annual ArtsUnexpected and Currents New Media New Mexico 2016 exhibitions. Her BFA in Textile Narratives from Fairhaven College in Western Washington University.

In the last five years she taught at the UCDenver, College of Architecture and Planning, was a ThinqStudio Fellow, winner CAP EVOLVE Seed Grant Exhibition, and received the 2023 CU Denver Faculty Excellence Award. Previously taught at the University of New Mexico, and worked for Fentress Architects and Antoine Predock Architect PC.

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David Schneider is a senior designer at HR Design Dept. in Houston, TX. He earned dual undergraduate degrees in architecture and philosophy from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded the Oglesby Traveling Fellowship. The fellowship enabled him to study light and atmosphere in Cistercian monasteries across southern France and reinforced his understanding of architecture as a form of experimental philosophy. David believes deeply in the value of connecting the practice of architecture to its pedagogy. In addition to working on award winning institutional and higher-education projects, David has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico and as a guest critic at the University of Texas at Austin, City College of New York, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Tulane University, Columbia University, and University of Colorado at Denver

Kristen Shaw Originally from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, Kristen holds a Bachelor of Arts in 20th Century Critical Theory from The Evergreen State College and a Master in Architecture from the University of New Mexico. After earning a M. Arch in 2004, she first worked at Antoine Predock Architect PC on multiple international projects and design competitions. In 2008, Kristen joined DNCA LLC and managed various capital projects, including the new home of the Tamarind Institute of Lithography at UNM. She taught Architectural Design Studios at the University of New Mexico from 2013 – 2017 while managing projects at DNCA / Studio Collaboration LLC. These experiences culminated in a deep dive as the Director of Design at Improve Group, involving pre-fabricated building technologies through 2023.  In this past year, she went back to her roots in architecture and is currently a Senior Associate at Predock Studios.