Freixas is an architect, urban designer and an associate professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where her research centers on the urban humanities. Her research prioritizes community-engaged approaches to urban and neighborhood scale challenges using Wraparound Theory, an evidence-based practice, to design systems promoting community resiliency. Her primary objective is to develop a scalable evidence-based intervention for an ongoing neighborhood school-based project.
In her previous research, Freixas investigated the causes and consequences of urban racial residential segregation, striving to create actionable mitigation strategies within neighborhood plans. This work culminated in her publication, “Segregation by Design: Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis” (Springer, 2019). Freixas weaves her approach to resilient design into her studios and seminars in WashU’s undergraduate and graduate programs.