Mercedes Bellino graduated from City College of NY with a BS in Architecture. She studied abroad in Cuba and at the Politecnico Di Milano in Italy and completed a Master’s in Historic Preservation at Pratt Institute. She has held project management positions at NYC Housing Authority and NYC Parks and Recreation where she focused on ADA public space compliance. Her research interests include studies of sacred places, preservation of historic sites, and affordable housing design for the poor and disabled.
I am Gabriele Randall and I will be starting my studies for my bachelors degree architecture in the fall of 2020. At Pratt Institute I will be involved in a 5 year program, where I hope to learn from my professors and the atmosphere around me. I have recently graduated from John Burroughs School in St. Louis Missouri, where my interest in architecture started. Being in Brooklyn will be a completely new experience for me and I am incredibly happy to have the opportunity to attend school in such an unfamiliar place. While I am unsure of what to expect, I am excited to study architecture at Pratt.
Elizabeth Amigon is a first-year student of Pratt Institute’s five-year NAAB accredited Bachelor of Architecture program. As an Honor Roll student at Forest Hills High School, she served as a member of the French Club and the Girls’ Varsity Volleyball Team. She is a 2017 alum of the CCNY STEM Institute Program. She annually volunteered at New Life Fellowship Church’s Booster Club as a youth mentor and academic advisor. During the academic year of 2017, she attended Cooper Union’s Saturday Program. She also volunteered as a teacher’s assistant at Mundo Hispano Modeling Center from 2013-2017. She is a native of Queens, New York and a future resident of Brooklyn.