Lydia Mercante, a third-year Environmental Design (ENVD) student majoring in sustainable planning and urban design, spent the summer of 2022 meeting with various design professionals in New York City to learn more about the industry to share with other students. During her adventure, Mercante met with Isabella Marcotulli, an urban designer at Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) Brooklyn office, for an interview to better understand what it’s like as a woman in urban design