About the Speaker
Mónica Ponce de León is a Latina architect, educator, and dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture.
A National Design Award winner, Ponce de León has focused on the application of robotic technology to building fabrication and architecture education.[1] Her interdisciplinary practice, MPdL Studio, has offices in New York City, Boston, Princeton, New Jersey, and Ann Arbor, Michigan.[2] Ponce de León previously served as Dean of the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan (2008–2015) and as Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University (1996–2008).[3] Prior to establishing her own practice MPdL Studio in 2011, she was the founding partner with Nader Tehrani in the award-winning firm Office dA.[3]