The First Black Woman to Earn a Doctor of Architecture Degree From the University of Hawaii
While Danielle celebrates her accomplishment, she also acknowledges the bittersweet reality of being the first and only black graduate from the school with this degree since its inception. Her achievement highlights the underrepresentation of black architects in the industry. In the United States, out of the 116,242 architects, only 2% are black, with just 0.4% being black females.