Alberto Embriz de Salvatierra is a multilingual and bi-cultural polymath, artist, urbanist, and architect-in-training. He received his Bachelor of Architecture (with a minor in Design and Environmental Analysis) from Cornell University and is currently a dual-degree candidate for a Master of Landscape Architecture and an advanced post-professional Master of Design Studies in Urbanism, Landscape and Ecology at Harvard University’s GSD. He has conducted academic-related travel and research in 23 countries in the last 6 years, and his work has been featured in various publications including Cornell’s Association, and GSD’s Platform. He has also previously been an Adjunct Faculty for the Boston Architectural College’s Summer Academy, and is currently—in addition to being a research assistant for the WTE Design Lab—the Founding Chairman of the Center for Civilization (an international think tank), and the inaugural Editor-in-Chief for the MDes Research Log. His work can be found here.