CARIE PENABAD is a distinguished alumna of the University of Miami and Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is currently a professor at UM, where she previously served as an associate dean of research and as director of the undergraduate program. She has taught at a variety of institutions, including Northeastern and the Boston Architectural Center, and in 2024 will serve as the William Henry Bishop Visiting Chair of Architecture at Yale. Her publications include Marion Manley: Miami’s First Woman Architect (University of Georgia Press, 2010); Call to Order: Sustaining Simplicity in Architecture (ORO Publishers, 2018) and the forthcoming book Made in Miami/Hecho en Miami (ACTAR Publishers, 2024). Parallel to her academic work, Penabad is a partner in the Miami-based firm of CURE & PENABAD, whose work has received numerous accolades including nearly 30 American Institute of Architects awards. Most recently the firm received the prestigious Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York, a competition that recognizes individuals with a distinct design voice and a significant body of realized work. Penabad also hosts the international radio program/podcast ON CITIES, which is dedicated to the design of our cities and the ways in which the built environment shapes the quality of our lives.