Colleen believes that all buildings should be beautifully designed as well as sustainable. She holds degrees in architecture from UC Berkeley, an Executive Master’s in Sustainability Leadership and a Master’s of Science in Biomimicry from Arizona State. Colleen promotes biomimicry throughout the Bay Area through the Coastal Redwood Biomimcry Network, as a judge for Global Biomimicry Design Challenges and as a mentor for competing teams, as well as leading iNaturalist (Cal Academy) bioblitz nature walks to connect all people with nature.