Interactive Visualization and Design for Social Impact
Julieta Moradei shares how the nonprofit New Story is innovating to help solve the global housing crisis.
Experts estimate that 20% of the global population—roughly 1.6 billion people—lack access to adequate housing. But just building more homes won’t be enough to solve the problem. We need to innovate in order to build better, faster, and at less cost. Julieta Moradei and her team at the nonprofit New Story are working to end global homelessness by bringing emerging technologies like augmented reality and 3D printing to the communities that need housing most.
About the speaker
Julieta Moradei is the head of research and development at New Story, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to pioneer solutions to end global homelessness. Previously, she was a structural engineer at Arup, and also volunteered for Engineers Without Borders. She holds a master’s degree in structural engineering from UC Berkeley.
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