Mario Ramirez-Arrazola is an architectural designer, educator, contractor, and researcher from Salt Lake City, Utah. He holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP, an M.A. in the History of Technology from the University of Oklahoma, and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Utah. He is currently at Gensler, Los Angeles. Previously, he taught history at Montclair State University and worked at WaCa Design and Office DFK. He also co-founded Marra, a residential construction company that began in roofing. His work explores relationships among architecture, contemporary art, technology, and urban life, particularly how material processes and representation shape spatial experience and social relations. Through drawing, rendering, and model photography, he develops projects grounded in cultural and historical inquiry that challenge familiar expectations of space while addressing collective needs. A first-generation college graduate fluent in English and Spanish, Mario is committed to pedagogy, supporting first-generation students in higher education, and advocating for undocumented immigrants.