Yasmin, Saquib and Sonia are proud community architects changing the lives of thousands of slum dwellers in Bangladesh. They have amplified the voices of the marginalised poor people in city planning and policy-making.

These young architects were inspired by the vision of Professor Yunus, to see a poverty-free Bangladesh. Their vision is to build a slum-free Bangladesh. And they are already working towards achieving this vision, by working in the slums of Bangladeshi on 'participatory housing, settlement and infrastructure planning.

Yasmin Ara is an architect, academic and development practitioner specialised in housing policies. She teaches on Housing and Development at BRAC University, and did her PhD from Lancaster University, UK, on low-income settlement policies in Bangladesh and India.

Nazmus Saquib is an architect, specialised in sustainable housing, infrastructure and urban design. He has led large-scale community-led infrastructure upgrading projects for the the Government and non-government agencies.

Sharmin Sonia is a climate resilient housing practitioner. She has worked with the United Nations and National Housing Authority on land tenure issues and participatory planning. She is now researching on climate adaptive housing in coastal Bangladesh.