AIA-WIA PR

Women’s Leadership Summit Grant

Beatriz del Cueto, FAIA

In honor of Beatriz del Cueto, FAIA, this scholarship provides up to $1,500 in financial support to cover registration, travel, and lodging expenses for the AIA Women's Leadership Summit 2025. The summit will take place in Atlanta from November 3-5, 2025.

The Women’s Leadership Summit (WLS), founded by the AIA, is a national leadership experience. It connects one of the largest networks of female architects and architects-in-training with talks and sessions focused on professional career development in architecture.

For more information about the Women’s Leadership Summit, visit: https://www.aia.org/womens-leadership-summit

This grant is possible thanks to the support of AIA Puerto Rico.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP

The WIA Leadership Scholarship was created by the Women in Architecture chapter of the AIA-PR. Its purpose is to provide financial support to female architects and architects-in-training to help them access professional growth and development opportunities offered at the prestigious Women's Leadership Summit. The financial support of up to $1,500 can be used for the Women's Leadership Summit registration and/or related travel and lodging expenses.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Be an active AIA member.

• Be a member of the Women in Architecture, AIA-PR Chapter.

• Be licensed or in the active process of licensure.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• Application Form

• Resume

• Proof of AIA Membership

• Proof of professional license, or, if in the process of licensure, proof of an NCARB Record

• One-page letter of recommendation.

• A 500-word essay answering one of the following questions:

  • Why do you want to attend WLS and what skills and knowledge do you hope to gain from this experience?

  • How do you plan to apply what you've learned to make a meaningful impact?

  • Can you share a specific example of a time you've successfully influenced change for women in the profession, and what was your role in that process?

SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Yanel de Ángel, FAIA

• Natasha Espada, AIA

• Shadia Jaramillo, AIA

AFTER THE SUMMIT

Recipients will be required to “give back” to WIA-PR by writing a post-conference essay on how they benefited from the experience and choose from one of the following, based on something they learned:

• Create a panel discussion or presentation

• Write an article for WIA-PR

• Organize a webinar