She received her architectural degree with honors from The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Yael has taught architectural design at The University of Edinburgh, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, and International Workshop at the Universita� di Sassari Facolt�a di Architettura, Alghero, Italy. She is a guest critic at Cooper Union and the City College of New York. Her work has been exhibited at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel, the Archiprix International at MIT and the Mina Gallery, New York amongst others. In collaboration with The ReGeneration Educational Foundation for children and their community, her design for an Outdoor Play Space is now in development for a site in Jenin, The West Bank.