The next generation of landscape architects honored through scholarship by the Landscape Architecture Foundation

For more than 50 years, the Landscape Architecture Foundation has invested in research, leadership initiatives, and scholarship opportunities for current and future designers in the landscape architecture profession. For 2023, over 16 scholarships were awarded to 27 students from over 15 academic institutions currently pursuing their undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. degrees in the study of landscape architecture. 

A total of $160,000 USD have been awarded to this year's scholarship winners as a means to support "access and diversity, supporting original research, and assisting students with unmet financial need." Meet this year's scholarship winners below.

LAF Honor Scholarship in Memory of Joe Lalli, FASLA 

• Top Prize: Daniella Slowik MLA Candidate, Harvard University
• First Runner-Up: Samantha Rosner MLA Candidate, University of Virginia
• Second Runner-Up: Hannah Hansen MLA Candidate, University of California, Berkeley

LAF Honor Scholarship for Inclusive Community Design

• Top Prize: Celina Abba MLA Candidate, Harvard University
• Runner-Up: Cameron Coronado, MLA Candidate, University of Oregon

Kenneth R. Brooks MLA Research Scholarship

• Adrian Robins MLA Candidate, University of Virginia

Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship

• Lara Prebble MLA Candidate, Harvard University

ASLA Florida Chapter Career Discovery Scholarships

• Rose Gilson MLA Candidate, Florida International University
• Jaimundo Gulapa MLA Candidate, Florida International University

Hawaii Chapter ASLA/David T Woolsey Scholarship

• Delphine Homerowski MLA Candidate, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Daniel Zwier/Permaloc Innovation Scholarship

• Top Prize: Adolfo Martinez MLA Candidate, University of Georgia
• First Runner-Up:- Simone Stark MLA Candidate, Florida International University
• Second Runner-Up: Savannah Wright BLA Candidate, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

2023 Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship

• Imani Canton PhD Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

EDSA Diversity Scholarship

• Top Prize: Nastassja Lafontant MLA Candidate, Harvard University 
• Top Prize: Amber Rachele BSLA Candidate, University of Massachusetts Amherst

ASLA-NY Equitable Public Urban Space Scholarship

• Savannah Wright BLA Candidate, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Peridian International, Inc./Rae L. Price, FASLA Scholarship

• Karis Lawson BLA  Candidate, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarship

• Top Prize: Javiera Diaz-Ortiz BLA Candidate, University of Maryland
• Runner-Up: Adriel Jimenez BLA Candidate, University of Florida
• Runner-Up: Lily Saephan BLA Candidate, Cal Poly Pomona
• Runner-Up: Fiorella Sibaja BLA Candidate, University of Arkansas

LandDesign Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Scholarship

• Top Prize: Melissa Morales-Rivas BLA Candidate, Clemson University
• Top Prize: Alexandria Warren BLA Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University

Landscape Forms Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship

• Top Prize: Jakobi Johnson BLA Candidate, Michigan State University
• Top Prize: Tairiq Mansfield BLA Candidate, Clemson University

Landscape Forms Scholarship in Memory of Peter Schaudt, FASLA

• Cheryl Zeng BLA Candidate, Cornell University

Rain Bird Intelligent Use of Water™ Scholarship 

• Ethan Bergeron BLA Candidate, Louisiana State University 

To learn more about each scholarship offered, click here.