Kounkuey Design Initiative
Los Angeles, CA
Leslie is a Senior Landscape Design Coordinator at Kounkuey Design Intiaitive. Leslie’s work at KDI focuses on integrating history and storytelling within design for projects like the Future Histories: a Park History Toolkit, campus greening designs for Mar Vista Gardens, and the Chollas Creek Watershed Master Plan. Before pursuing graduate studies, she taught environmental ethics, local ecologies, and wilderness skills to high school students in the Rocky Mountains. Leslie holds dual Masters degrees in Landscape Architecture and Heritage Conservation from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Colorado College.
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THUR-FS-07: Unlocking the LA River Through Art, Design, and Engineering
Thursday, September 17, 2026
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT