About

 I am a LatinX Paraguayan-Canadian Mestiza (mixed race Guarani-European) architect, designer, researcher, and educator with extensive professional multidisciplinary practice in South America and Canada.

My work stands at the intersection of systems thinking, service design and climate action, embodying a commitment to sustainable and inclusive solutions. I have a special focus on land-based design, social innovation and sustainability and my work in industry includes architectural projects and a specialization in exhibit design, experiential design, visual communication-information design, placemaking, architectural urban signage and wayfinding programs for airports and transportation systems.

My current research is supported by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with a doctoral fellowship, and it focuses on integrating emergent and re-emergent technologies into design practice and pedagogy to promote sustainable and equitable futures.

I am a member of the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability network (Desis); the Design Justice Network; the American Computing Association (ACM), among other professional networks.

I teach courses in Design and Critical Studies at Emily Carr University; I have a Master in Interdisciplinary Design from ECU and after starting my doctoral studies and completing courses in the STS, Art & Sciences and American Indian and Indigenous Studies programs at Cornell University, I am currently a PhD candidate in Design and Social Context at RMIT University. I am honoured to be part of the newly implemented RMIT's PRS North America cohort, in collaboration with the New School at the Parsons School of Design in NYC.

My name is Ata. It comes from "Tata" which means fire in Pat's Guarani language.

My family brought me home in the middle of the 20-21 Pandemic, to give them love and hope, and that's what my current research and practice is about most of the time.

I work closely with Pat. Specially during the pandemic, I attended classes, seminars, lectures and multiple workshops on Zoom.

During my free time, I enjoy exploring the universe. I love sniffing my fellow dog friends and sharing runs, balls and my frisbee with James and Oliver, my human siblings at the park. I have to walk my humans twice a day. I walk my two moms mostly. They are so happy that they buy me bones sometimes and I appreciate it

 very much. Well, I really like food, like most Labs. Pat always says that family is everything and I agree. My family is always first. WOOF.