Laura Knowles
Bahamian architect
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Shereese Trumpet
Born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Shereese Trumpet is an architect based in New York City, New York.
Monica Yarde
Monica Yarde is the founder and director of Yarde Architecture and Design Inc. in Castries, Saint Lucia (2017–).
Verma Wevlyn Panton
Verma Wevlyn Panton is considered the first woman architect in Jamaica and the West Indies.
Patti Anahory
Cabo Verdean architect
Joy Nwanyelimaka Nsolo
Born in 1932, Joy Nwanyelimaka Nsolo was the third woman to register as an architect in Nigeria, after Adenrele Henrietta Adekola and Patricia Nelly Fola.
Fatoumata Barry
Fatoumata Barry is considered the first professional woman architect in the Republic of Guinea.
Carly Findlay
Australian disability rights activist
Carolyn Jean Green
In May 1966, Carolyn Jean Green was one of the first two African American students to graduate from what is now Ouachita Baptist University (OBU).
Ada Yaya Bocoum
Ada Yaya Bocoum is the founder and manager of Africa Étudies SARL., an architecture and engineering agency located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (2010), where she is also an architect and urban planner.