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ASLA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

ASLA 2016 Student Community Service Honor Award. Neighborhood Detox: Enhancing Resilience in a Hazard Vulnerable Area. Yangdi Wang, Student ASLA, Texas A&M University >

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the presence of Hispanic and Latinx Americans in North America.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) remains committed to increasing awareness of the landscape architecture profession and all of its talented professionals. ASLA celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting the significant contributions of Hispanic and Latino American landscape architects to the profession and communities around the world.

 About Hispanic Heritage Month 

•  The United States Census Bureau – Hispanic Heritage Month

 Recent Highlights of Hispanic and Latinx ASLA Diversity Summit Participants to Watch:

•  ASLA Career Discovery and Diversity Extends Travel Award to 2019 Diversity Summit Participant, Patricia Algara

•  Irene Compadre, ASLA Transforms East End Campus of Washington University

•  Sasaki’s Diana Fernandez, ASLA Project Manager, leads team of designers planning the site of a statue commemorating Fredrick Douglass in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.  

Webinar:

•  Diversity Summit Webinar: Latin American Landscapes 
  

 ASLA Career Discovery Resources Available in Spanish

• The ASLA Discover Landscape Architecture Activity Book for Kids (ages 9–12) - Download 
• The ASLA Discover Landscape Architecture Activity Book for Teens and Adults (ages 13 and above) - Download