Alex Salazar

Alex is founding Principal of Salazar Architect, a public-interest design firm in Portland, Oregon. In 1993 he was honored with a Graham Foundation Fellowship to apprentice with NGOs in India designing housing after a major earthquake, work that connected architecture to community organizing. The experience was akin to working in a war zone -- with the links between shelter, health care, food security and sustainability laid bare. This has shaped Alex's entire career. In the early 2000s he became a founding member of the Board of Directors of Just Cause Oakland (aka Causa Justa Just Cause), a multi-racial organization focused on Housing Justice. He is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Community Design (Boston, MA)