Venesa alicea-chuqui

Venesa Alicea-Chuqui AIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, a registered Architect in the state of New York and New Jersey, is wholly committed to civic architecture, and encouraging community engagement through design practices. Her interests converge in architecture and public policy where good design, both sustainable and socially conscious, can influence the development of buildings, communities, and neighborhoods.

She is founder and principal of NYVARCH Architecture, a NYC based Architectural Practice that blends her interest in Social Justice, Community Design with Sustainability and Resilience.

An alumna of the City College of New York, where she has also taught, she currently serves as the Architect Licensing Advisor and President of the CCNY Architecture Alumni Group.

Most recently she teaches at the School of Public Architecture in the Michael Graves College at Kean University where she is a Equity in Action Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow.