Architecture for EveryBody with Rachel Preston Prinz

Rachel Preston Prinz is an architecturally-trained American
designer, and founder of the Santa Fe based consulting agency
Archinia. She works at the intersection of architecture and
design, placemaking, cultural and historic preservation, and
community engagement.


In addition to Archinia, Rachel also runs a non-profit
organization, Architecture for EveryBody, which aims to bring the
craft of architecture, usually reserved for the wealthiest 98%,
to the people. Rachel is a filmmaker, an educator, has given
multiple TEDx and Pecha Kucha talks on design, and has had her
work featured on HGTV, Bravo, NMPBS and Canadian PBS. She is also
going blind from macular degeneration.


In this episode, Rachel tells the story of her fascinating life
journey thus far, which has taken her from military school, to
the cathedrals in Paris, through the Rocky Mountains, and finally
to Santa Fe, where she established her hybrid profit/non-profit
practice. Rachel shares how despite numerous setbacks, she found
her passion and voice, and crafted a career that she loves.