Latoya Nelson Kamdang is the Director of Operations of the New York Studio of Moody Nolan and a U.S. Fulbright Senior Scholar. At Moody Nolan, she leads the NY studio in the practice areas of Aviation, Healthcare, Housing, Cultural, Hospitality, and Retail. Latoya has also been a Visiting Associate Professor at Pratt Institute for over ten years, where she educates students on interdisciplinary design approaches. She has a research focus on participatory design processes, impacts of displacement on authentic communities, passive sustainable technologies, and indigenous architecture.