Shelly-Anne Tulia Scot, AIA and Shani Chambers, AIA are both graduated from the Caribbean School of Architecture and graduated from Florida A&M University. In this episode, they share their Caribbean experiences, culture shock and racism.

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Shani Chambers is a Virginia based architect with over 15 years’ experience in the planning, design and construction industry. Her specialties include Federal, Public Safety and Industrial Architecture. She excels at the integration of complex processes and user needs into high performance design. She also enjoys dabbling in weaving for lessons in architecture.

Ms. Chambers graduated from Florid A&M University and The Caribbean School of Architecture University of Technology, Jamaica.

Shelly-Anne Tulia Scott is the Director of Architecture at Sizemore Group in Atlanta GA. She is a Trinidadian born architect who started her architectural education at the Caribbean School of Architecture after completing an Associate of Arts degree in Interior Design. She worked both in Miami, Trinidad & Barbados before returning to do complete her M. Arch degree at Florida A&M University. She has seventeen years combined experience in Architecture and Interior Design with a broad range of experience in Award winning Libraries, Mixed Use Development, Religious, and Academic Buildings as well as in Feasibility Studies and Concept Design Projects.

As an added bonus to her creative flare she is also a photographer with an eye for unique perspectives in the building environment and in the emotions of people. See some of her photography work here (http://tuliascott.com). She is also active with community and professional groups like USGBC Equity Committee, AIS HSDC, NOMA, Globalbike, Southern Scholarship Foundation Alumni and a graduate of the Leadership Greenville Class 42 and 2017 Greenville Dreams Grassroots Development Program with training in community leadership and leveraging community assets.

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