Narita is a Filipina-Canadian designer currently living and learning as a guest on the unceded and ancestral land of the xʷməθkʷəýəm (Musqueam) people where she is a recent graduate of the Master of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Dual Degree program at the University of British Columbia. She is the recipient of the 2021 IOC IPC IAKS Bronze Medal Architecture & Design Award for Young Professionals. Her work is featured in the 2023 Venice Biennale under the Architects Against Housing Alienation collective. She has completed fellowships with Canada’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (Italy) in 2025 and the Banff Arts Centre (Alberta, Canada) in 2026. Her work is grounded in cultural knowledge with a focus on handcrafts combined with technical skills. She believes that creating for community requires designers to engage with interconnected systems including the people, land, and waters.
Narita is a registered Intern Architect, a sessional Architecture and Environmental Design Instructor at Emily Carr University, a Researcher with the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and a member of the design duo, wovenlight collective, where she collaborates with Red River Métis and Ukrainian artist Robyn Adams.