Saakshi Terway is a Designer at Wiencek + Associates in Washington DC. Saakshi is especially interested in responsible and sustainable architecture that has a social impact on local and global communities. She seeks to produce work that allows architecture and design to become a tool in empowering marginalized groups, encouraging them to appreciate and relate with the built environments around them. When she is not working, Saakshi spends a lot of her energy volunteering with the local architecture community, and serves as the current chair for the AIA DC Urban Design Committee.