Raya Leary



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Born 1992 in San Joaquin Valley, California.
Based in Porto, Portugal.


Raya is a researcher who builds multi-modal narratives exploring social entanglements with territory and the edible world.

Education
Postgraduate
Inland Academy
2025

Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Social Sciences
Harvard University 
2022

Lectures & Public Presentations
Presenter
Comunoteca (Public Program)
Porto Design Biennale
Porto (PT)
November, 2025

Guest Lecturer
Architecture Design Studio 8 (ADS8)
Royal College of Art
London (UK)
October, 2024

Lecturer
Bard Architecture Public Lecture Series
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson (US)
September, 2024

Presenter
Architectures of Control and Resistance Symposium
Cornell University
Ithaca (US)
April, 2023

Presenter
International Congress on Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes
Gulbenkian Foundation
Lisbon (PT)
January, 2023