Jescelle Major

Jescelle Major is an Associate at an interdisciplinary firm BERK Consulting leading in community engagement and qualitative analysis. She holds degrees in Sustainability and the Built Environment from the University of Florida and Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University. She is also a graduate of The Cushman School as well as Design and Architecture Senior High— each integral to her process and practice.

Her research and current professional design centers on urban scale change driven by environmentalism, historic fabric and social justice. Jescelle worked alongside teams within City of Miami Beach Parks and Recreation and the design firm Mithun. She’s a mayoral appointee on the Arts Commission and co-chairs the Public Art Advisory Committee. Jescelle is on the Board of Directors for Sawhorse Revolution and supports Trust for Public Land’s NextGen Council.

Recently, by founding Well Outside, she pursues justice-based projects and collaborations. Well Outside considers crafts, making and experimenting under its creative arm MajorBloom. Her background and research into design, environment and infrastructure align well with Shape Our Water investigations.