She brings distinguished experience through programming, planning and design expertise for public agencies and private clients throughout the American West. Notable projects that she has led include: Santa Fe Railyard Master Plan; Planning Services for Los Alamos National Laboratory; Rancho Viejo Master Plan and Implementation and the South Santa Fe Transit Oriented Neighborhood Study. Faith graduated from ASU and studied landscape architecture at Utah State University and the University of Arizona. She has been involved with numerous professional affiliations and boards and has presented at national conferences of the APA and the ASLA.

She was awarded the Jacob Weidenman prize for outstanding ability and talent in design. After over a decade of working for award winning firms in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles, as well as dedicating five years to directing a Post-Katrina recovery project in New Orleans, she has returned to her home town, Santa Fe, to work with Surroundings. Abby has designed and managed a wide variety of projects from community gardens to public parks and living sculptures to private estates. Her passion is focused on community redevelopment, committed to the belief that every person deserves to benefit from living in or having access to a beautiful environment and that architecture is a powerful tool to build these places. Her work straddles the tension between the wild landscape and the insertion of infrastructure that underpins it all.

Her background in visual arts has led her to pursue creative projects within the field such as being 1 of 7 winners, along with a classmate, for the Intl. Garden Festival at the Jardin des Metis in Quebec. After graduating, she spent a year focusing on planting design of residential gardens before moving to Central New Mexico to work on a cattle ranch. There she learned about ecological restoration by way of regenerative grazing. Anna hopes to combine her creativity with her physical, practical experience to produce meaningful and dynamic landscapes that speak to the people and places from which they come.

Her experience spans a diverse range of projects across the Carolinas, from early concept development through detailed design. With a strong background in fine art, she brings a creative, thoughtful eye to every stage of the design process. Xiaoxi is passionate about crafting spaces that celebrate the beauty and complexity of nature. She enjoys leveraging parametric tools to explore form, movement, and rhythm, creating landscapes that are both visually engaging and highly responsive, while streamlining the design process for efficiency and precision.

Her background in plant sciences and community oriented design have led her to practice design that fosters human connections and ecological systems. During school her focus on the river systems of the Tennessee Valley led to a deep interest in water management strategies that preserve natural ecosystems and create opportunities for communities to become more integrated with the flows of their environment. After finishing her thesis, The Dam Problem: The Land Between the Manmade Lakes, she moved to central New Mexico to gain professional design experience and learn the water management strategies of a vastly different environment. Kaitlyn strives to imbue designed landscapes with the ability to support water systems, native vegetation and wildlife, in addition to human communities.

Based in Santa Fe, she is known for her precision, reliability, and ability to bring clarity to complex financial processes. Her work is grounded in a deep respect for accuracy, organization, and long-term partnership.
Outside of her professional role, Karen enjoys swimming, preparing the perfect cup of matcha, and cultivating her backyard garden. She values thoughtful routines and believes that calm structure is the foundation of both good business and a good life.

With more than twenty years of experience spanning luxury fashion, interior design, and boutique hospitality, she ensures that the studio operates with clarity and purpose from concept through completion.
Before joining Surroundings, Suzanne helped lead operations for acclaimed design firms in the Bay Area and New York, including Redmond Aldrich Design, Hadley Wiggins Inc., and her own eponymous practice, Rasic Interiors. Upon returning to her birthplace of Santa Fe after 23 years in the Bay Area, she and her chef husband co-founded Field Trip NM, a hospitality venture in Pecos that reflects her love of design, community, and meaningful experiences.