Hi there! Thanks for checking out my website.

I don’t have any social media presence (except for a career-specific LinkedIn profile), so I may have given you this website in lieu of an “@”.

You can see all my work and portfolio here, and also some of my life experiences! Check out my photography, my origami, and my mixology study.

Please reach me at isammaig@gmail.com

Hope to connect soon!

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Who Am I?

28. Massachusetts kid into Philadelphia adult. Current student of landscape architecture with the ultimate goal of becoming a licensed landscape architect.

My background in sociopolitical soft sciences has led me to investigate the built environment. My goal in landscape architecture is to convert once egalitarian but pernicious lawns into visually beautiful and ecologically vibrant gardens.

Achievements & Accomplishments

Phi Theta Kappa Rho Upsilon Honor Society Member

Octavius V. Catto Scholar

L.E.A.D.S. Award for Volunteerism

President of Student Radio @ Merrimack College

Resident Advisor @ Merrimack College

Office of Residential Life Assistant @ Thomas Jefferson University

Orientation Leader & Volunteer Captain

National Honor Society & Junior Classical Honor Society

Student of Amy Novinski Ballet

Named “Most Hipster” in high school

Academic Conferences

Conference author @ Midwest Political Science Association | Chicago, IL | April 2025

  • The Brink: Neoliberal Alienation, Reactionary Populism, and the Fall into Fascism

Conference author @ Asian Studies Development Program | Washington, DC | March 2025

  • Junzo Yoshimura and the Japanese House & Garden

Conference author @ Japan Studies Association | Honolulu, HI | January 2025

  • Junzo Yoshimura and the Japanese House & Garden

Conference author @ Southern States Communication Association | Austin, TX | April 2016

  • Self-Efficacy Mediating the Relationship Between Health Literacy and Body Image

Organizational Memberships

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) No. 1201209

National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS)

Asian American & Pacific Islander Design Alliance (AAPIDA)

Society of American Registered Architect Students (SARAS) No. 24PASARAS

Recommendations

Michael Stern, Professor @ Community College of Philadelphia

Ariel Vazquez, Professor @ Community College of Philadelphia

Annmarie Naples, Owner of Annmarie Naples Design

Dr. Jacob Turner, Chair & Professor @ Merrimack College