John Stuart is a distinguished university professor of architecture and associate dean for cultural and community engagement in the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts at Florida International University, where he has been on the faculty for 30 years. He serves as the Executive Director of FIU’s Miami Beach Urban Studios and the FIU CARTA | Mana Wynwood facility, both community-focused interdisciplinary innovation and collaboration spaces. With more than three decades living in Miami Beach, Stuart is a registered architect in Florida and has been heavily involved in the community, serving as chair of the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board, and a member of the Executive Board of Governors of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. 

Hector Fernando Burga is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. His research, teaching, and service focus on urban planning, race and immigration. He is currently finalizing a book on the history of comprehensive planning and Cuban immigration in Miami.

Henry Rueda is Chair and Associate Teaching professor at the Department of Architecture at FIU. He joined Florida International University in 2014 and has taught in undergrad and graduate schools at Universidad José María Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, and Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas. He has also lectured in multiple universities across Latin America and the US. His academic interests are focused on Public Space and cultural buildings as social catalysts among communities. His professional experience includes working for Jesus Tenreiro in Caracas, Venezuela, and Wiel Arets Architects in Maastricht, Holland. His current architectural practice focuses on single family residences in different cities in Venezuela and South Florida. 
 

Junko Taguchi is an associate professor in the Faculty of Urban Science at Meijo University (Nagoya, Japan), currently visiting the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She holds a PhD from the University of Tokyo (2015). Her research interests include education on architecture and historic preservation for both general and specialized audiences. She is the Japan member and proxy director of the UIA Architecture and Children Work Programme. She is also a Docomomo International/Japan member and contributed to publishing Docomomo Manifesto on Education (2022).