Erike De Veyra

Erike is a practical optimist and effective social designer, engaging and educating people through design experiences for over fifteen years. Throughout her career, these experiences have varied in medium—exhibitions, temporary installations, Pecha Kucha style talks, roundtable talks, online communications, conferences, buildings, charrettes, and workshops—and all of it for ages 0-99 and upward! Erike organizes the worldwide event PARK(ing) Day in Philadelphia to celebrate parks and public space in 180 square feet of street parking. Check out these pop-up parks at #PARKingDayPHL. Her most recent position was at the Center for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia, managing DesignPhiladelphia (the oldest festival of its kind in the country), facilitating family design workshops and special projects support for exhibitions (grant funded Establishing a New Centennial and Designing Motherhood) and summer programs in Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Erike serves on Jefferson’s College of Architecture & the Built Environment Advancement (CABE) Council and was honored in the inaugural cohort of Philly Girls Do Good—recognizing and celebrating women leaders in design and community development. In the fall of 2017, through the Public Interest Design Institute, became a Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Certified Professional. Erike is currently pursuing a Master’s in Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship at National Louis University in Chicago, and working on establishing a “Design Gym” for everyone while empowering two young daughters (ages 3 and 7) with her spouse in Norris Square/North Philadelphia.