Our Culture

We sat down with Annie Lutes, Lead Architectural Historian and Co-Lead of SWCA’s Mental Health Matters ERG to talk about how mental health comes into play at work and being an empathetic listener.

Hi, Annie! Thanks for joining us for a conversation about mental health. Would you like to get started by telling us about yourself and your career?

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with Dr. Nicole Smolensky, lead biologist and lead of the Women of Color in the Sciences ERG at SWCA. Nicole shares a bit about her career path as a biologist and how and why she formed Women of Color in the Sciences ERG. She also discusses some of the challenges faced by women of color in the sciences and ways to address these challenges.

Iynna Baker, a co-lead of the Black Employee Resource Group at SWCA alongside Dorrana Stewart, discusses Black history and culture, supporting her family and community, and her goals with leading the ERG.