Alexia Cavazos

Alexia Cavazos is a Designer II in Studio Gang’s Chicago office. Growing up between East Chicago and Camden, New Jersey—two industrial cities that border bodies of water, just outside larger cities—she’s always been interested in the mix between the urban and natural worlds. Today, through her work on the Studio’s civic projects, she’s excited to be exploring how architecture can help people connect with nature and with each other across boundaries.

Alexia holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Penn State University where she was President of the school’s NOMAS chapter for three years and won the Kossman Design Thesis Competition. Teaching and mentoring young people in design was an important part of her life while at Penn State and she continues to pursue this in Chicago. Outside of architecture, her passions include exploring new cities, reading graphic novels, listening to podcasts, and redesigning sneakers to be the freshest on the block.