Aisha Densmore-Bey is a Doctor of Design (DDes) candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Aisha holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Florida A&M University and a Masters of Science in Strategic Design and Management from the Parsons School of Design at The New School. Aisha’s research explores how artists and arts-based planning and development in communities of color can create a framework for healthier and equitable neighborhoods in major US cities. She aims to identify methods of urban real estate development spearheaded by artists; investigating if these actions have increased outcomes of improved health, social cohesion, housing stability, and a minimization of the damaging effects of gentrification; including displacement, neighborhood cultural erasure, and inflated housing prices.

While studying at Harvard, Aisha is a part of the Healthy Places Design Lab and runs an eponymous creative practice focusing on architecture, graphics, art, film, and emphasizes representation for people of color in the design field.