Lucinda trained as a Landscape Architect and Urban Designer, She spent two years working in slum communities in Vietnam and Cambodia before launching CoDesign Studio. CoDesign is a non-profit, planning and design enterprise, committed to helping disadvantaged communities to envision, design and implement neighbourhood improvement projects. CoDesign has delivered projects across five countries in Asia Pacific and engages over 400 people. In 2010 Lucinda was selected as a Youth Action Net Global Fellow, for her work in engaging young people in the design and planning of cities. Her commitment to sustainable urban development has been widely recognized with awards from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), Asialink, and the internationally competitive Endeavour Executive Award. In 2011, she was profiled as one of Australia’s ‘Top 100’ entrepreneurs (Australia Unlimited Magazine). Lucinda looks forward to continuing to support the role of young people in creating a better urban future, through the UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board.