Estefania Henkel

I studied Architecture and realized that I could help people literally everywhere by planning and building spaces to live in with dignity. This is what I believe in.

Master's in Architecture, Design and Sustainable Construction at the University of the Environment (UMA), in Mexico.

Now a ‘Bioclimatic Design, Renewable Energy and Water Conservation Strategist’, focusing on Sustainable towards Restorative Processes: Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Construction through conscious design.

Previously, I co-founded PuntoArco Arquitectos, providing design and extensive construction management experience at different scales.

Launched and actively collaborated with Casa Voluntaria AC (Volunteering House) from 2017 to 2020. An NGO with the main purpose of accompanying communities, aligned to dignified space and community resilience values, through facilitation, voluntary and participatory design.

I also co-founded Aparato (Architecture Studio), and beforehand I worked for a housing development company for over 6 years.

Collaborator at the former WorldMerit.org youth platform (now QSWorldMerit) from 2014 to 2019. ActionPlanFacilitator for UN SDG2 at the Merit360 program on September 2016 which delivered its Action Plan 001 at the United Nations General Assembly.

One Young World Ambassador since November 2015.

I love different cultures and languages and currently speak 3: Spanish, English and German.