Educators

	Jason Anderson Jason Anderson received his M.Arch from Princeton University’s School of Architecture. He recently won a Luce Scholarship to spend a year in Beijin… More... Jason Anderson received his M.Arch from Princeton University’s School of Architecture. He recently won a Luce Scholarship to spend a year in Beijing, China, working on urban architecture projects and teaching. Jason Anderson has worked on Building Codes, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, The Programmable City, Governors Island Points of Interest, Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city!, Code City Less...
	Francisca Benitez Francisca Benitez (born Chile 1974) is a New York based artist and retired architect. She has been involved with CUP since 2001, when her first vid… More... Francisca Benitez (born Chile 1974) is a New York based artist and retired architect. She has been involved with CUP since 2001, when her first video was featured in Building Codes: The Programmable City at Storefront for Art and Architecture. Since then, she has shown her work at Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona in Spain, Exit Art in New York, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Santiago, Chile, and Futura in Prague, to name a few. Francisca studied architecture at the University of Chile, art at the MFA program at Hunter College in New York (currently) and at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. She has collaborated with countless artists, organizations and journals including Quaderns (Spain), ARQ (Chile), the International Center for Urban Ecology (ICUE, Detroit), and the New York Housing Authority. She currently teaches in our program, in NYCHA community centers and sings with the band Nutria. Francisca Benitez has worked on The Programmable City, Building Codes, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Green Information Center Less...
	Nicole Clare Urban planner More... Nicole Clare has worked on Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city! Less...
	Chris Dierks More... Chris Dierks has worked on The Subsidized Landscape, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city! Less...
	Rayna Huber Erlich Project Manager, Nautilus Consulting Architect and Urban Designer More... Architect and Urban Designer Rayna Huber Erlich has worked on Entry Sequence email Less...
	André Knights Teacher André Knights is an internship coordinator at City-as-School High School, an alternative public school in Lower Manhattan. More... André Knights is an internship coordinator at City-as-School High School, an alternative public school in Lower Manhattan. André Knights has worked on Building Codes, Garbage Problems, Public Housing 101 Less...
	Saby Malary Teacher More... Saby Malary has worked on The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People Less...
	Andrea Meller Filmmaker More... Andrea Meller has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Garbage Problems, Public Housing 101, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Valeria Mogilevich Program Manager Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates the execution of design and education projects about the city’s inner workings as CUP's Program Manag… More... Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates the execution of design and education projects about the city’s inner workings as CUP's Program Manager. She comes from a background in visual studies and film and architectural theory with a degree from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media (magna cum laude, 2004). In addition to working many years in the non-profit sector, she is an independent film curator specializing in scientific films. Valeria is also on pest-control patrol in the CUP office. Valeria Mogilevich has worked on Knoxville: Building Communities, The Water Underground, Green Information Center, Tagging the Social Contract, Prison City Comix, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Freedom and Incarceration, Making Policy Public Less...
	Damon Rich Founder and Chair Damon Rich is the founder and chair of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that educates communities about design, planni… More... Damon Rich is the founder and chair of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that educates communities about design, planning, and politics. After training as an architect at Columbia University, Damon worked for New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, eventually becoming the Chief of Staff for Capital Projects. Since leaving Parks in 2000, in addition to running CUP, Damon has taught design at schools including the Parsons School of Design, Heritage High School, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Queens Library Adult Learning Center. He also writes regularly about architecture and politics for publications including the Village Voice, the Nation, Metropolis, and Architecture magazine. Recently, Damon was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts award for his work with adult literacy and architecture, as well as a fellowship from the MacDowell Colony for his work on the history of urban renewal. From 2007�2008, Damon served as a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Damon Rich has worked on Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Gautreaux v. Urban Renewal, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The City without a Ghetto, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape, The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour, Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city!, What's Poppin at Fulton Mall?, Code City, Temporary Showroom, Social Security Risk Machine, The Programmable City, Chew On This Less...
	Paul Schuette Designer Paul Schuette is an architect living in Los Angeles. More... Paul Schuette is an architect living in Los Angeles. Paul Schuette has worked on The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People email Less...
	Rosten Woo Executive Director Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for De… More... Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for Design and produces historical research and writing on history, design and public policy for Place Matters, the Municipal Arts Society, Metropolis Magazine and the Village Voice. He has also worked as a researcher and policy analyst for a variety of non-profit organizations including Common Ground Community and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center. He serves on the board of like-minded non-profits, Place in History and Groundswell Community Mural Project. He received his BA in Government from Cornell University. Rosten Woo has worked on Entry Sequence, Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, Important Housing Rights, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Code City, Knoxville: Building Communities, Mapping the Concourse, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Just In/Justice, The Cargo Chain, Building Codes Less...
	Amber Yared Canadian Amber is a determined young lass juggling multiple projects and ambitions. She is currently based in Ottawa, Canada and is Public Programs Coordina… More... Amber is a determined young lass juggling multiple projects and ambitions. She is currently based in Ottawa, Canada and is Public Programs Coordinator for the Ottawa Art Gallery. Her activities as an artist and educator include: award-winning butter sculpture, illustrations published with Delerium Press, assistance with the St.Petersburg Summer Literary Seminar, teaching art at MIND Alternative High School, and collaboration with other visual and performing artists for interdisciplinary integrated arts programming at Bloorview Kids Rehab. She holds a BFA from Concordia University and a BEd from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Amber Yared has worked on What's Poppin at Fulton Mall? Less...
	Kate Zidar Kate Zidar is Program Director of Environmental Education at the Lower East Side Ecology Center. Kate has worked previously as an Assistant Planner… More... Kate Zidar is Program Director of Environmental Education at the Lower East Side Ecology Center. Kate has worked previously as an Assistant Planner with the Planning Center at Municipal Art Society and as a consultant for NYC Housing Authority’s Greening and Gardening Program. She holds a BS in Biology from the University of Colorado, and an MS in City and Regional Planning from Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center For Planning and the Environment. Her professional focus in recent years has been on combined sewer overflow and outreach issues in pollution prevention. She is active with many community-based organizations such as Newtown Creek Alliance, Water Resources Group and the East River Network. She is a Master Composter and an active member of Green Dome Community Garden in Brooklyn. Kate Zidar has worked on The Water Underground Less...