While earning her degrees at Clemson University, she had the amazing experience of studying architecture in Genoa, Italy. After graduation, she began her architecture career at a firm in Charleston, SC. She has lived in a treehouse off the grid while working at a sustainable design nonprofit in Austin, TX, and worked as a professional seamstress. In addition to the AIA AVL Executive Committee, Margaret currently serves on the WNC Green Building Council Board of Directors. Carrie Strayhorn