The Conversation Continues with IIDA SoCal EDI

Have you ever wondered how to create change? Join us for an interview with IIDA’s lobbyist, Full Moon, as we discuss what it means to be lobbyist, how IIDA is leveraging their service, and exciting news about the impact IIDA is driving in the design industry.

Katherine, a seasoned lighting specialist based in Los Angeles, began her journey in the United States at the age of 22, where she completed her engineering degree in Miami, Florida. We discussed the unique challenges of learning and translating industry-specific jargon in different languages, and she shared how acting classes aided her in improving her public speaking skills. Katherine also offer...

Sergio Lechuga, the Director of Interior Design at HMC Architects, will be featured on this episode of “Open Mic”. Sergio will be discussing the importance of diversity in the industry and why it is significant. He will emphasize that interior design is not just a career for women and that diversity and inclusion are essential for fostering creativity and innovation for everyone. His career journe...

EP 01 - Curious about the history of Interior Design in the State of California? Wondering why we need to advocate for our profession? Well, join us in this episode as we dive into the nitty gritty and interview Susanne Molina about past, present, and future efforts to establish legislation for Interior Design. We will talk about what a Title Act is, what the current code offers Interior Designers...

"Unspoken Words" Ep-01 Welcome to our first episode of our new "Unspoken Words" series! Today, we have the pleasure of hosting Allyn Martin, the brilliant Learning Strategy & Experience Manager at Patcraft and Shaw Contract. Allyn's special role involves fearlessly delving into difficult yet crucial topics that need to be understood. In this engaging episode, we explor...

In our first episode of “Living your Truth” we invited Chidimma Abuka who is Strategist at Gensler Orange County. Join us today for the inspiring conversation of what keeps Chidimma moving and thriving. And truly how adversity has lead her to pursue her passions in life and have others join her in this amazing journey called life. You won’t want to miss it.

For the second episode of "Beyond Words" series, we want to share a previously recorded podcast. We invited Von Dominguez - interior designer, architect and full-time professor at Cal State Long Beach. Von was born in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. with his family when he was 4 years old. In this episode we talked about the challenges with language and culture retention when someo...

This week join us with co-host Jazel Colemen, Amairani Gonzalez and guest speaker Charlene Reed.  In this first episode of our series "Open Mic" we have Charlene the Interior Design program coordinator at Orange Coast College. She shares some insight on how a student design competition works. We will hear about the type of work a student in a design studio works on. For this research com...

"Beyond Words" EP-01 For the first episode of the “Beyond Words” Series, we invited Jade Li, our current President of the IIDA Southern California Chapter to share her personal stories. (Fun fact, Jade is the first AAPI President elected for IIDA Southern California) Jade grew up in Ha’erbin, China, and moved to the U.S. with her family at 12. In this episode, Jade shares her education,...

This is the trailer to explain one of the five series on our Podcast about Fireside chats. This series will be an educational series about advocacy and legislative efforts in California. And how you can learn more about what advocacy in our industry is, how it’s important for everyone to be involved and how you can help make a difference. 

Welcome to the conversation continues podcast with IIDA EDI! We are excited to have you here! IIDA EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) seeks to create a more diverse industry for our future. Break the glass ceilings. Show that all voices matter and should be in the “C” suites. Embracing the true make up of the community that we design in. And allow design to be reflective of what is needed for h...