Yasmine Mcbride

Yasmine McBride holds an Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. Her interests lie in placemaking, design equity, and community engagement. Her thesis, Unpacking and Re-Imagining the American Dream, considered co-designing and engaging processes with existing community activist groups. Her research, sited in Orange, New Jersey, probed the conceptualization and dissemination of the American Dream and considered individuals' stories as part of the design process. Yasmine received a Sachs Grants for the Arts to fund the project and engagement sessions.