Samantha Sami Szeszulski

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SAMANTHA SAMI SZESZULSKI

Samantha graduated in May 2013 from Lawrence Technological University with her Bachelors of Science in Architecture. After graduation, she was awarded a yearlong fellowship position with the Challenge Detroit Fellowship program from a pool of over 700 applicants from across the globe. Through Challenge Detroit, she worked in collaboration with Detroit Area non-profits on community based projects, using her intellectual capital to help with the revitalization of the city and region. Following the fellowship year, Sami chose to pursue her Masters of Architecture degree at the University of Detroit Mercy, with an elected focus in Community Development, completing her degree in May 2016. Sami is now a passionate member of the team at Kingscott Associates. She is most passionate when her role focused on the earliest stages of a project, including client engagement, programming, planning, and schematic design. Her past architectural professional experience includes Stantec, the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, Virtuoso Design + Build, and Saroki Architecture.Sami\'s passions lie in the “people” part of architecture, including socially conscious, community driven, projects and the engagement that is crucial to their success, and she is eager for opportunities to contribute to such types of projects. She has served as the American Institute of Architects Associate Director for the Michigan Chapter, and the chair of the Lawrence Tech College of Architecture and Design Alumni Cabinet. She has received several awards and recognitions in her career, including the AIA Michigan Student Project Award, the AIA Detroit Associate Member Award, the Grace Lee Boggs Thesis Award for Public Interest Design and the Women in Architecture Fund’s Emerging Professional Inspiration Award.