Dallas Architecture and Design Exchange awards its 2023-2024 scholarships and fellowships

The Dallas-based Architecture and Design Exchange (AD EX) has announced its 2023-2024 scholarship and fellowship recipients. The awards are given each academic year to “support the next generation of architects by providing tuition support, travel funds, and research funds for high school students, college students, and emerging and underrepresented professionals.”

“This year’s record number of applications to the Architecture and Design Foundation Scholarship Program is a clear indication of widespread interest in careers in architecture and design-related fields and the impact that AD EX is having across the region,” said AD EX Scholarship Committee chair Peter Goldstein. “These scholarships are helping transform the lives of students and young professionals and allowing them to achieve their career aspirations and goals- and at the same time, they are having a profound impact on the profession and future generations of design professionals.”

The 17 award funds comprise a range of scholarships dedicated to supporting high school students, enhancing equity and diversity, and connecting new designers with local firms. Meanwhile, fellowships are awarded each year to recent graduates and early career professionals with the goal of researching, developing, and disseminating knowledge of the built environment locally and internationally.

The 2023-2024 scholarship and fellowship recipients are as follows:

• Jennifer Aguirre Garcia, of the University of Texas at Arlington received the AIA Northeast Texas Architecture and Design Scholarship
• Daisy Ramirez, of CityLab High School, Dallas, TX, attending Texas A&M University, College Station, TX in the Fall, received the CityLab High School Scholarship
• Stephanie Jimenez, of CityLab High School, Dallas, TX, attending University of Texas at Arlington in the Fall, received the Peter Goldstein Founder’s Scholarship
• Christopher Mejia Olalde, of the University of Texas at Arlington, received the Diversity in Architecture Scholarship
• Jacqueline Hernandez, of the University of Texas at Arlington received the DSGN Scholarship Towards an Equitable Architecture
• Cynthiamari Alondra Mendoza, of CityLab High School, Dallas, TX, attending University of Colorado, Denver in the Fall, received the HKS Equitable Design Scholarship
• Mia Orozco, of Skyline High School, Dallas, TX, received the Latinos in Architecture Scholarship
• Victor Alamaraz, of the University of Texas at Arlington received the OMNIPLAN / Harrell & Hamilton Scholarship
• Karina Mendez, of the University of Texas at Arlington, received the OMNIPLAN / Harrell & Hamilton Scholarship
• Miriam Gallegos Chavez, of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, received the Pat Yates Skillman Scholarship
• Christopher Zhu, Assoc. AIA, designer at Stantec, Plano, TX, received the Emerging Professionals Path to Licensure Scholarship
• Audrey Maxwell, AIA, principal at Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects, Dallas, TX, received the Women in Architecture Professional Development Fund
• Gabriella Bermea, AIA, associate at VLK Architects, Austin, TX, received the Women in Architecture Professional Development Fund
• Alexandra Morales, Assoc. AIA, project designer at Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects, Dallas, TX, will be exploring geometry and materiality of contemporary architecture in Portugal as a recipient of the McDermott Traveling Fellowship
• Ariana Schall, associate project manager at Streetlights Residential, Dallas, TX, will be exploring wellbeing in Nordic architecture as the recipient of the Mary Kolb Berglund Traveling Fellowship
• Karina Mendez, of the University of Texas at Arlington and architectural intern at Stantec, Plano, TX, will be exploring craft in the architecture of Portugal as a recipient of the Swank Traveling Fellowship
• Rachael Herring, of Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, received the Bill Millsap Fellowship: The Art of Landscape Architecture

Learn more about AD EX's scholarship and fellowship programs here.