The Landscape Architecture Foundation has announced the 2020-2021 cohort of the LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership . According to the foundation, each of the selected participants, four Fellows and two LAF Olmsted Scholars, will engage in a yearlong journey to develop their leadership capacity and work on ideas that have the potential to create positive and profound change in the profession, the environment, and humanity.

LAF's 2020-2021 Fellows are as follows:

Diego Bermudez - principal and partner, Bermudez Arquitectos - Bogot???????, Colombia
Redrawing Infrastructure

 
Edmundo Colon-Izquierdo - principal, Eco San Juan, Puerto Rico
Re-envisioning Flood Control in the Urban Watershed of the R??????o Piedras

Alison Hirsch - associate professor and program director, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Calif.
Food Justice and Landscape Ethics in California's Central Valley

Andrea Johnson - 2015 National Graduate Olmsted Scholar Finalist, research director, Terreform Center for Advanced Urban Research New York, NY
Power to the People: Designing for Social Agency of Energy Networks

Roxi Thoren - associate professor and department head, University of Oregon - Eugene, Ore.
Including Animals

Alexa Vaughn-Brainard - 2018 Olmsted Scholar - landscape designer, OLIN
Los Angeles, Calif.
Design with Disabled People Now: A Toolkit for Landscape Architects and Planners to Create Accessible & Inclusive Landscapes

According to the press release, each of the LAF Fellows will receive a $25,000 award and dedicate 12 weeks of time over the course of the coming year to pursue their proposed project. Participating LAF Olmsted Scholars will receive a $5,000 award to further their own ideas in preparation for future fellowship, partnership, or funding opportunities.

To learn more about LAF's 2020 - 2021 Fellows: https://tinyurl.com/wxtanuz.