Tonia Sing Chi is an architect, builder, and educator based in Oakland on Ohlone land. In her creative practice, Peripheral Office, she weaves together built environment storytelling, place-based building practices, earthen architectural traditions, and collective, cross-cultural approaches to architecture and preservation. Tonia is a co-founder and director of community design at Nááts’íilid Initiative and a core organizer and instructor with Dark Matter U.