Getting My License Was A Team Sport
Anta Miranda
Licensed 2017

My journey started way before I ever knew what NCARB stands for, or what the licensing process in the US entails. In early 2011, I was working in London in an architectural practice, and, as far as I knew, London would be my home forever. It had been my adopted city for the past 5 years since I left my hometown Lisbon for a Masters Degree. However everything was not going according to plan, I was just made redundant for the second time.

The job market was better than the first time, roughly one year before in the peak of the financial crisis, and I found another position relatively fast. Then, everything changed.

In a surprising turn of events, I got a text message from my then boyfriend – “Let’s pack our bags, we are going to Washington DC!” He had just received the job offer he worked so hard for and our lives were about to change. I did not think twice about it, I just said yes on the spot, it is going to be one great adventure! Continue reading →