About Me

Olivia Mitchell is an undergraduate at the University of Virginia School of Architecture studying Urban and Environmental Planning with a minor in sustainability and architecture. Olivia grew up in the suburbs of coastal Virginia as a free-range kid. From an early age, she became interested in the intersection between the natural world and the built environment. Her curiosity in design led her a community of sustainably minded students and professors at UVa. Though she strives to live out her beliefs in the importance of a sustainable lifestyle, she has much to learn.

Olivia spends her time at UVa hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains, reading books, painting in her nature journal, flying kites, hammocking, and hugging trees.

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

-Henry David Thoreau