EDUCATION
Treasa Emily Ophelia Reyes McHugh
treasamchugh29@gmail.com
University of Georgia | Morehead Honors College May 2026
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, College of Environment + Design
Minor in Horticulture, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Smithsonian Gardens | Landscape Architecture Intern, Washington, D.C.
GPA: 4.00
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
• Participated in the planning, design, and construction management stages of capital projects throughout the Smithsonian Institution campus
• Developed historically informed, environmentally sound, and ordinance compliant plans for planting, hardscape, and furnishing
• Prepared garden exhibits and engaged with the public during programmed events
• Identified and accessioned tree specimens for the Smithsonian Gardens Living Plant Collections
• Created illustrative renderings of garden spaces for interpretive panels
• Collaborated with and learned from a diverse staff of horticulturists, landscape architects, archivists, curators, education specialists, etc.
Founders Memorial Garden | Curator Assistant, Athens, GA
Dec 2023 - May 2026
• Perform water feature maintenance, propagation, and other typical gardening tasks (watering, planting, pruning, mulching, mowing, blowing, edging)
• Serve as an ambassador for the garden and interact with visitors
• Update garden records, maps, and inventories
• Design ecologically, aesthetically, and historically sensitive planting plans
Downtown Douglas Design Charrette | Designer, Douglas, GA
• Generated ideas for the revitalization of a small, rural city’s historic downtown district
• Created graphic renderings to visualize and present ideas
• Communicated with community stakeholders about their goals and needs
• https://ced.uga.edu/douglas-charrette/
Experience UGA, College of Environment + Design | Volunteer Instructor, Athens, GA
• Taught visiting 10th-grade students about landscape architecture
• Demonstrated rendering techniques and emphasized the importance of hand graphics to the profession
• https://ced.uga.edu/ced-hosts-experience-uga-2022/
SKILLS
Hand graphics, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), AutoCAD, plant identification, photography, garden maintenance, Lumion, SketchUp, Spanish language (beginner-intermediate)
FIELD STUDIES & STUDIES ABROAD
Feb 2023
Field Studies in Contemporary Landscape Architecture – East Coast | Landscape Architecture 2025
UGA Cortona Program | Landscape Architecture, Photography 2024
UGA Europe: Flowers and Photography Program | Agricultural Communication, Horticulture 2024 Field Studies in Contemporary Landscape Architecture – West Coast | Landscape Architecture 2023
OTHER INVOLVEMENT & EXPERIENCE
AthSketch | Club Member
University Philharmonia | Violinist
Michaels Stores | Sales Floor Associate
UGA Club Volleyball Team | Athlete
The Merkle Lab at UGA | Research Intern
HONORS & AWARDS
Aug 2022 - May 2026
Aug 2022 - May 2024
Jun 2022 - Nov 2023
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
LAF Olmsted Scholar (2026), ASLA Student Honor Award (2026), UGA Presidential Award of Excellence (2026), UGA First Honor Graduate (2026), Honors in Washington Internship Program (2025), CELA Student Awards Nominee (2025), Peachtree Garden Club Neel Reid Memorial Scholarship (2024, 2025), UGA Honors International Scholars Program (2024), Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society (since 2024), UGA Presidential Scholar (2022-2026)