Celine Haddad
Scholar since:
2025-09-01
Scholarship received:
Sho-Ping Chin Women’s Leadership Summit Grant
Education:
Washington University
Hometown:
Clearwater, FL
Celine is a Palestinian-American architectural designer. She holds a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Design in Architecture with a minor in Sustainability from the University of Florida.
Celine’s passion for design stems from creative problem-solving, and the diversity of what it means to be an architect. She is constantly engrossed by the way architecture shapes communities and actively responds to the never-ending changes our world experiences. Her fulfillment comes from understanding a project at all of its scales, ranging from its regional context to crafted, minute moments. With experience in planning, she enjoys mapping and city research to better familiarize herself with place and people. Simultaneously, she finds herself engrossed in the smaller scale intentions of a design, knowing that attention to detail makes all the difference.
As a first-generation woman who paved her way successfully through school and various internships with the help of great mentors, Celine has an innate desire to help other female designers find their place in this profession. With time, she hopes to emerge as a competent leader in the workplace, who can eventually inspire future generations of women to see their highest potential in their career.
Celine’s passion for design stems from creative problem-solving, and the diversity of what it means to be an architect. She is constantly engrossed by the way architecture shapes communities and actively responds to the never-ending changes our world experiences. Her fulfillment comes from understanding a project at all of its scales, ranging from its regional context to crafted, minute moments. With experience in planning, she enjoys mapping and city research to better familiarize herself with place and people. Simultaneously, she finds herself engrossed in the smaller scale intentions of a design, knowing that attention to detail makes all the difference.
As a first-generation woman who paved her way successfully through school and various internships with the help of great mentors, Celine has an innate desire to help other female designers find their place in this profession. With time, she hopes to emerge as a competent leader in the workplace, who can eventually inspire future generations of women to see their highest potential in their career.