Alex Lin (he/him) grew up in suburban Connecticut and moved to Pittsburgh, PA to complete a Bachelor of Architecture with a minor in Intelligent Environments at Carnegie Mellon University. During his time at CMU, he engaged in community-based design work through the Urban Design Build Studio and the university’s Freedom By Design chapter. He also co-authored a thesis entitled RE_VISION: A Resource for Community Organizers and Housing Advocates that studies the lack of affordable housing and the destabilization of existing residents in Garfield (one of many neighborhoods in Pittsburgh), as well as potential tools and strategies to tackle these concerns. Through these efforts, he developed a passion for affordable housing, public interest design, and urban design. Alex spends his free time trying new recipes, sketching/exploring Seattle, and making digital fabrication projects.