Sara Zewde is founding principal of Studio Zewde, a design firm practicing landscape architecture, urbanism, and public art. Named to Time Magazine’s TIME 100 Next, Architectural Digest’s AD100, and United States Artists Fellow, her practice is celebrated for its design methods that sync culture, ecology, and craft. In parallel to design practice, Sara serves as associate professor in practice at Harvard GSD. Sara holds a master’s in landscape architecture from Harvard GSD, a master’s of city planning from MIT, and a BA in sociology and statistics from Boston University. She is currently writing a book about Frederick Law Olmsted's travels through the Slave South, slated to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2027.