Adriana Cuéllar is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of San Diego, founder of the Border Design Lab, and co-founder of CRO studio. Her research and practice engage the cultural and environmental challenges of border regions, advancing social impact through design. She holds a BArch from Cal Poly SLO and an MDes from Harvard GSD, where she received the Excellence Housing Design Award. A recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship in Design, Cuéllar explores drawing as a form of visual history and inquiry. CRO studio's work has received numerous awards and publications for its civic and transborder design contributions.