Lead Project Coordinator at Fundación Hogares | Mexico

José Roberto Lagunes Trejo is an architect and urban designer who works on the intersection between urban design practice and community development. Since 2018, he has worked at Fundación Hogares, a non-profit organisation based in Mexico City that promotes participation in social housing territories. It also builds capacity in communities so that citizens can co-design strategies for the transformation of their environment. Aside from his work with the foundation, José Roberto teaches Architectural Design and Urban Sociology at Anahuac University Mexico and is an experienced speaker at national and international conferences. He participated in the Urban Future Young Leaders programme in 2022, and is one of the founders of the Young Leaders Academy, a value-driven education and consulting collective created by and for the next generation of change-makers.