{"id":1107,"name":"Paola Aguirre","url":"","description":"Paola Aguirre Serrano is an urban designer and partner at Borderless since 2016. A native from the Mexico-U.S. region - Paola is an active civic design steward. She has served as Commissioner of Chicago Landmarks and the Cultural Advisory Council of the City of Chicago, and currently serves in the Scholarly Advisory Committee for the National Museum of the American Latino. Paola received a B. of Architecture from the Institute Superior de Arquitectura y Dise\u00f1o de Chihuahua, and M. of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard School of Design. She\u2019s been acknowledged by Next City Vanguard\u2019s 40 Under 40 (2016), Impact Design Hub\u2019s 40 Under 40 (2017), Newcity Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago (2018, 2020), Emerging Planner Award by the American Planning Association \u2013 Illinois Chapter (2018), Field Foundation Civic Leader for Racial Equity (2019), Chicago United for Equity Fellow (2019), AIA Chicago\u2019s Distinguished Service Award (2020), and The Americans for the Arts P\u00e9rez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design (2022).","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/paolaaguirre\/","slug":"paolaaguirre","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-48x48.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-96x96.jpg"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":51518,"full":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-96x96.jpg","25":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-25x25.jpg","160":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-160x160.jpg","60":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-60x60.jpg","74":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-74x74.jpg","32":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-32x32.jpg","125":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-125x125.jpg","250":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-250x250.jpg","24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1_Paola-Aguirre-Headshot-1-48x48.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}