Associate Urban Planner and Landscape Architect
SmithGroup
Washington, District of Columbia
Kendra Hyson is an urban planner and landscape architect whose work centers on cultural storytelling, racial equity, and community-rooted design. As an Associate at SmithGroup in Washington, DC, and an adjunct instructor at the University of the District of Columbia in the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), she leads planning and public space projects that uncover hidden histories, elevate community knowledge, and reframe how land, memory, and identity shape place. Her work spans comprehensive planning, cultural landscape research, and engagement strategies that honor lived experience as expertise.
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