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Lisa Gelfand discovered architecture while drawing flower pots as a diversion from her English major. Confused, she decided to take a year off from college and travel to Africa. There, she designed school rooms and clinics that were to be built by villagers in the mountains of Lesotho. Lisa returned home with a new wealth of knowledge and enrolled in architecture school. She remains inspired by the infinite variety of architectural problems, her dedicated and hard working clients, and the sensory delights of materials, fresh air, and sunlight. Outside of work, Lisa has two fascinating sons, a cabin in the Sierras where she skis, hikes, and chops wood, and a compulsion to revisit her English major roots through reading and writing poetry.