Hi there! I’m Sophia🌈️✨
I graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) and a double minor in Nature, Culture, Sustainability Studies (NCSS) + History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences (HPSS) in Gender, Sexuality, and Race.
My studio practice is based on community engagement and outreach. I am looking to work with organizations that intentionally center on an interdisciplinary team of designers addressing the complexities of the world around them. I believe in the power of collaboration and active participation of all individuals to form stronger collective care.
Currently working with the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center as a Summer Research Fellow. Previously worked with the Navajo Nation Department of Community Development (CPMD), Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and James A. Michener Art Museum.
Resume and portfolio available upon request, and can be reached at sfrancescostudios@gmail.com
︎Artist Liz Collins Invites Queer Communities Home in Upcoming RISD Museum Show /2025
︎Brown hosts bi-annual Ivy Native Conference highlighting Indigenous Activism / 2025
︎Entre Mundos: Identity, Sexuality and Culture through Queer Mexican Art with Davíd Felipe-Rodríguez /2025
> Advancing Equity in Design: Ballinger Scholarship Recipients / 2025
> RISD Community Honors Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Poet Nikki Giovanni / 2025
︎@RISD1877 Student Spotlight / 2024
︎Madame Architect: RISD's Sophia Francesco on Community Efforts, Larger Narratives, and the Beauty of Change / 2024
︎RISD Students Expand Their Horizons Via Enlightening Summer Internships / 2024
︎Bucks County Herald: Summer internship in the Navajo Nation a lesson in community design / 2024
︎Studio Montclair: The Life & Culture of Modern Day Latinidad / 2023
︎Anderson Ranch Art Center Intern Exhibition: Magpie in the Morning / 2022
︎New Hope Arts: New Talent / 2021
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