YLAI Professional Fellows Program, Class of 2016

Melina Torres Funes comes from a family of journalists and has always been influenced by social, cultural, and political topics. She studied architecture in Mexico and returned to Honduras following graduation to work with a private construction company. Melina studied urban design in Barcelona and began to create her own business, El Taller, in 2015. El Taller creates products, manages projects, and generates innovative proposals about social, historical, cultural, and artistic topics.