www.negociosnow.com
20 March 2022
Age: 37
Title: Director of Operations and
Interiors
Name of Organization: JGMA
Laura Lizette Flores is an
architect and director of ope-
rations and interiors at JGMA.
She manages all of the firm's
employees, helps establish
goals, and has a leadership role
in all of the firm's major pro-
jects.
Flores is originally from
Guadalajara, Mexico and im-
migrated to the United States
while in her teens. She recei-
ved her degree from the Uni-
versity of Illinois at Chicago
and studied design in Floren-
ce, Italy. Flores has dedicated
her career to inspiring Latino
youths and Latina women to
achieve their fullest potential.
She is currently the director
of operations and interiors at
the firm JGMA. Her responsi-
bilities include management
of all employees, establishing
short- and long-term goals and
holding a leadership role on all
the firm's major projects.
Additionally, Flores has led
several projects in disinvested
communities where her work
as an architect is helping to
transform lives. She is one of
the founding mentors of Arqui
-
tinas, a nonprofit whose mis-
sion is to reach above and be-
yond the 1% mark of licensed
Latina architects in the United
States while creating equitable
and inclusive opportunities in
the architectural profession.
Most recently, Flores was ap-
pointed by Chicago Mayor Lori
Lightfoot to chair the Chicago
Plan Commission, which she
has been a member for the past
six years. It is the first time a La-
tina architect has ever held that
position in the history of the
commission.
City designer
Laura Lizette
Flores
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"A
rchitecture is powerful. I
invite other Latinas to join
me in this profession so we can
create and curate an environment
that's by us and for us."
