Originally from San Juan, PR, Yiselle Santos Rivera is a Principal and Global Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at HKS. Yiselle is an activist architect who works to dismantle barriers and amplify underrepresented voices in the design industry. As a designer, she builds inclusive spaces that build belonging, and is a trusted advisor to clients and firm leaders in their journeys to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations. As an AIA committee member, Mrs. Santos Rivera led the creation of the Ethnically Diverse Additional Considerations section of AIA’s Alternative Care Site Preparedness Assessment Tool V2.0 and contributed to the development of AIA’s Equitable Development Frameworks.