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Ana-Francisca is an architect with nearly 20 years of experience specializing in transit design that prioritizes accessibility, user experience, and placemaking. As Principal at Arcadis and Practice Group Manager for the Transit Architecture Studio, she leads the design of large-scale transit stations and transit-oriented developments in Canada and internationally. Her work bridges technical expertise with creative insight, enthusiasm and humour, inspired by her background in the performing arts.

Ana-Francisca has been involved with the TSA since 2008, and has served on the TSA Executive since 2017. Wanting to ensure the TSA is welcoming to all, Ana-Francisca was instrumental in launching our first initiatives directed towards internationally trained architectural professions and continues to co-lead our signature networking event TSA CONNECT. In addition to this programming, she also currently co-leads our technical lectures.