Landscape Forms announces the recipients of its 2025 scholarship program in partnership with the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF). This year’s honorees are Veronica Cuapio and Emily Pham—two outstanding undergraduate students whose academic achievements and visions for the future embody the spirit of innovation and environmental stewardship that the scholarship seeks to support.
Since 2007, Landscape Forms has partnered with LAF to offer annual scholarships for distinguished undergraduate landscape architecture students. Landscape Forms believes strongly in the power of landscape architecture to positively impact both the environment and human connection to it. Through the scholarship program, Landscape Forms continues its mission to nurture the next generation of landscape architects, leaders who will shape more equitable, sustainable, and resilient outdoor spaces for future generations.
One of this year’s recipients, Veronica Cuapio, is pursuing dual degrees in Landscape Architecture and Construction Engineering and Management at the University of Connecticut. Inspired by the interdisciplinary challenge that is landscape architecture, she seeks to engage with the many different facets of the profession to create culturally and ecologically significant designs. “Before college, I attended an engineering high school and took part in the ACE Mentorship Program of America where I was exploring a career in engineering and construction and focusing on ways to ensure safety for all regardless of language or background,” says Cuapio. “Then when I was looking into the programs at UCONN, I discovered that in landscape architecture, I could combine this passion with creative problem solving, improving lifestyles, and improving the ecosystems around us. In the future, my goal is to help ensure all communities have access to green spaces that inspire future generations to learn about the environment and care for it as they continue to grow.”
Emily Pham, the second recipient, is enrolled in the Landscape Architecture program at the University of Guelph. With keen interests in art, sustainability and collaborative design, she sees in landscape architecture an opportunity to champion stewardship and inclusivity through innovative urban solutions. “I found landscape architecture through a high school teacher who was a former landscape architect. He encouraged me, challenged me with personal projects, and opened my eyes to this field that combines my interests in art and sustainability,” says Pham. “Sustainability has become so much more of a nuanced topic the more I have studied it at the University of Guelph — it’s about natural environments that can support themselves and don’t need too much maintenance to thrive, but it’s also about environments that give back to people in a healthy way. So, I see my mission as a designer as improving the sustainability of ecosystems while also contributing to social wellbeing and helping people enjoy life in healthy environments.”
“It’s my pleasure to congratulate Veronica and Emily on being named this year’s Landscape Forms & LAF scholarship recipients,” says David Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Landscape Forms. “Their ideas, values and visions for the future are not only inspiring but a powerful reminder of why investing in emerging talent is essential. These future leaders reaffirm our belief in the transformative role education plays in shaping a more impactful, innovative profession of Landscape Architecture, and they highlight why this scholarship remains a cornerstone of our commitment to meaningful change.”
To learn more about Landscape Forms’ scholarships, visit the Scholarships page.
Landscape Forms is a proud World Landscape Architecture sponsor