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Mishou Sanchez has a Masters in Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) in Los Angeles, CA, (2007). She also has a Bachelors Degree Fine Arts in Interior Design from the Ringling School of Art + Design (RSAD) in Sarasota, FL. (2001). Before graduating from Ringling, she was selected by Steelcase Student Design Exchange (2000) as one of the top 20 Interior Design & Architecture Students in North America .

After Ringling, she moved to Portland, OR, where she worked as the sole Interior Designer under Michael Czysz at Architropolis. There, she worked for clients such as Lenny Kravitz, Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, The Midnight Oil Company, + The Green Valley Ranch Resort + Casino.

Prior to her entering into graduate school, she worked at SJvD Design under Sybil vanDjis in Belmont Shore, CA. While working for SJvD, she designed for clients such as Michael Jackson, The Hotel Bel-Air, + the renovation of  "Miramonte," a residence originally designed by Walter Gropius.

During her final semester at SCIARC, she attended the Desert Studio (Cal-Earth) taught by Nadar Khalili + Illiona Outram. While at Cal-Earth in Hysperia, CA, she designed a sustainable permaculture living system that is going to utilized by The American Sudanese Partnerships in Darfur, Sudan, to assist in the survival of the refugees. It has been said that if the system is successful, it will be mass-produced by UNICEF for humanitarian relief in African deserts.

After graduation, Mishou briefly worked for Architecture Plus International in Tampa, FL. During her time there she developed avant garde concepts for a Walmart in Mexico City + a hotel in Florida.

Most recently, she branched off on her own + started her own design/architecture firm named TRANS[FORM] Design Group, LLC, + is planning a trip to Darfur to consult on the construction of her hospital design.

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