Pland Collaborative

Part of the formal training for our most recent Lubbock hires includes a visit to the Albuquerque mothership to howl with the Lobos at UNM and provide free modeling talent for our photo shoots 💁🏻‍♂️. Always great having the team together!

🎉 Welcome Landscape Architect Omar Ba Yuosef! Omar has lived a life of fearlessness and adventure as he’s pursued his education and career prospects internationally. From his origins in a small village in Yemen to earning degrees in both Saudi Arabia and Colorado, you can learn more about Omar on our site: plandcollab.com/team/view/omar-ba-yuosef

➡️ Omar had the incredible opportunity to receive his master's degree in the United States via a scholarship from the Hadhramout Foundation. Read more about their mission and work at hadhramout.org

🤠 Welcome Matté Fresca! A Western woman through and through, Planning and Landscape Architecture Intern Matté loves going country swing dancing and two-stepping, exploring horse handling and riding, and even spent a semester at Texas A&M as an “Aggie Wine Wrangler.” Learn more about Matté on our site: plandcollab.com/team/view/matte-fresca

👏 We’d like to welcome our Summer 2026 Intern Becky Chang to the Pland Albuquerque office! Becky is a Landscape Architecture Master’s student at Texas A&M with a keen interest in getting into the nitty gritty details of planting design, from irrigation to plant spacing. Originally from Taiwan, she is proud of the effort she’s put into her two years of study abroad.

Learn more about Becky on our staff page - https://plandcollab.com/team/view/becky-chang

🇨🇳✈️ Brian's adventures as CLARB President have taken him around the world, most recently to Wenzhou, China where he presented "Landscape Architecture as a Common Global Language" at the grand opening of the IFLA Pavilion at the International Garden Expo.

Read more on CLARB's site: https://www.clarb.org/news/a-common-language-clarb-brings-la-regulation-into-global-conversation-at-international-garden-expo/