Finding Fun in Failure: Why I’m Embracing Imperfection in 2025
Soundtrack: Shirley Horn: Here’s to Life This year, I’ve decided to lean into something I’ve avoided for much of my life: failing publicly. And the truth is, this decision is rooted in fear — not the absence of it, but the commitment to have a healthier relationship with it. Fear has always been with me. […]
Today, I was sworn into the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
WASHINGTON, DC | 14 Apr 2023 Today, I was sworn in as a presidentially appointed member to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). While I am extremely proud of what I have accomplished so far in the historic preservation field, this moment feels full circle for me. In 2008, while I was interning in […]
Project Highlight: Shenandoah National Park | Luray, Virginia
Article by: Lauren Walser, Saving Places | 17 June 2014 When a crew of young members of the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia arrived at Shenandoah National Park’s Skyland Stable in March 2014, they knew plenty about construction, but not much about historic preservation. Less than three months later, however, the once-dilapidated stable looked much as […]
American Academy names 2022-23 Rome Prize Winners
American Academy in Rome names 2022-23 Rome Prize Winners | Monica Rhodes, preservationist, joins the most diverse Rome Prize cohort