Annicia Streete M. Arch - University of Colorado Denver, B.S. Civil Engineering - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Annicia Streete is an Assistant Professor, visiting in the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver. Annicia was born inTrinidad and Tobago, located in the southern Caribbean and immigrated to the United States to pursue her education and career in the architectureprofession. Her academic and professional background is multi-disciplinary, earning her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis inStructures at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a Master of Architecture at the University of Colorado Denver. This background hasafforded her the opportunity to teach and practice across the Architecture, Construction, and Engineering fields over the past fourteen years. As apractitioner, Annicia has designed and built projects in residential, commercial, and healthcare with firms Sprocket Design Build, Catena Constructionand Treanor HL, formerly H+L Architecture. As an educator she has parlayed this experience, teaching in the design studios and building technologycourse sequences. Her research situates in studies of Afrofuturism, focusing on Informal Building Technology practices of African Diasporic communitiesof the Caribbean and Latin America, studying the use of innovative building technologies within an informal process to promote the design of equitableand sustainable built futures. In addition to her passion for architecture, she has professionally instructed in dance and fashion and enjoys theintersection of all three. Committed to her goal of improvement and enhancement through education and opportunity, Annicia has served in mentorshipprograms such as the ACE Mentorship program and is currently serving as the faculty advisor to the American Institute of Architecture Students, andFreedom By Design (AIAS, FBD) chapter, in the College of Architecture and Planning (CAP), at CU Denver. Annicia has played a pivotal role in theeducation and practice fields of architecture in her current state of Colorado. She is a founding member of the Colorado professional chapter of NOMA(National Organization of Minority Architects), serving on the Executive Board as chapter parliamentarian. She also serves on the National Board ofNOMA as one of the Educate Co-Chairs and counts each opportunity to teach and serve an honor. In addition to her passion for architecture, Anniciahas professionally instructed in the creative fields of dance and fashion and enjoys the intersection of all three.