Lynde Pratt joined IYF in May 2005 as graphic designer after spending the previous 6 years as an architect in Northern Virginia and Baltimore. Lynde graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1999 from the Syracuse University School of Architecture and has furthered her studies in graphic design through the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) Graphic & Digital Design program. During Lynde’s studies at Syracuse University, she spent her fourth year living abroad in Florence, Italy, and became proficient in Italian. Lynde spent 2 years as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Remington Homework Club, an after-school program focused on providing tutoring and mentoring support for the elementary- and middle-school children in the neighborhood of Remington in Baltimore. She now focuses her time on providing meaningful and creative communication for the print- and web-based media for IYF.