Kirsten Erickson of Alma Homes<\/p><\/div>\n

Kirsten grew up in Duluth, MN before she moved to Minneapolis for her undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota\u2014Twin Cities where she majored in architecture with minors in housing and construction management. Afterwards, she went west to the University of Colorado in Denver for graduate school and then returned to Minnesota where she worked for a builder before making her dream of starting Alma Homes a reality. Read our interview with her to learn more about her company and her inspiration (and who would play her in a movie!).<\/p>\n

How did you end up in this field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always loved math, and I\u2019ve always loved art. When I was in 8^{th\u00a0<\/sup>grade my dad was going to build a cabin, and he bought me a game where you design houses, and I fell in love with it. And that\u2019s how I knew I wanted to be an architect.<\/p>\n}

How did you start Alma Homes?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The jobs I had prior made me realize I wanted to be on both the design and build sides instead of just focusing on architecture. So, I started Alma Homes at the end of 2017. We\u2019re just coming up on our one-year anniversary. I thought it would just be the two of us for the longest time, but we got so busy so fast. I do all the plans, design and selections, and Ethan, our project manager, oversees all of our subcontractors, scheduling, and takes care of everything in the field.<\/p>\n