Estefania Henkel
Sustainability, Architect, and Project Manager in Mexico
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.
Co-founder at PuntoArco Arquitectos, an Architecture studio based in my home town Pachuca and Mexico City. We provide design and extensive construction management experience at different scales: from housing to public space.
As the result of the earthquakes that shook my country on September 2017 along with fellow architects and engineers, we launched Casa Voluntaria AC (Volunteering House), an NGO with the main purpose of accompanying communities aligned to dignified space and community resilience values, through voluntary and participatory design especially on the mid and long term.
I previously 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.