Understanding your passion and enveloping it into a career can take some time. 

“My appreciation for space planning and design is born from early childhood experiences,” says Certificate Program in Interior Design and Interior Architecture graduate Amber Lowi, who is also...

“I've loved art and design—especially interior design—since I was a little girl,” Paulette Sarmiento enthuses. “It all began when my mom started a renovation in our penthouse apartment in Bogotá,...

Now that many people are staying at home more than usual, many remote workers are looking to upgrade the place in which they spend the vast majority of their time.

We value our dedicated instructors. They are working professionals who tirelessly share their experiences and knowledge with their lucky students.
Every year, we honor just a small number of...

When you listen to Jennifer Mahoney, it’s instantly clear that she deeply respects her design students as goal-oriented strivers. As Jennifer describes her students, “They've already been down the...

Working 80-hour-weeks as a corporate lawyer drove Kelly Finley to look for something else.

That this something turned out to be a drafting course with us, and, ultimately, a career in...

Career change is never easy. It takes education and training, work, a belief in self and—sometimes—just a spark of confidence.

This is the third year that the Department of Art and Design will host events at Extension’s SF campus as part of SF Design Week. This year’s low-fee events...

You can be forgiven a dropped-jaw reaction when you learn about Sharon Hunter’s many accomplishments. A nurse for 30 years at St. Joseph Health in Eureka, Calif., Hunter gets a deep satisfaction...

While being a pharmacist is challenging work, Juyun Yim wants a career where she can express her creativity.

For many people, retirement provides the opportunity for leisure, travel, taking classes for personal enjoyment. But for Ben Lee, retirement means studying for a new career.

Melissa Mizell is a principal at Gensler, where she has worked on high-profile projects such as the Terminal 2 redesign at San Francisco International Airport.