maura chen is an artist, educator, architectural designer, and writer from los angeles (tovaangar) with experience working in the east bay, san francisco, brooklyn, and west philly. their current research focuses on the design of community kitchens to combat food apartheid and connect historically disadvantaged neighborhoods. the occupation of interstitial urban space, infrastructural spatial types, and intersection of race, gender, class, and informal economies figure prominently in the work. chen currently works between community organizers and developers on drawings for PSH and other affordable housing types to be built on congregation-owned land across LA county. chen has been an artist in residence at dirtbaby farm in philadelphia, volunteer cook with the people's kitchen, and produce runner for west philly food not bombs. they hold a ba from the university of california berkeley and a masters from princeton school of architecture, and have been published by pidgin press, haus red, disc journal, and crybaby press’s the dry river.