She grew up surrounded by artists and modern design masters; her mother was a sculptor, her father and grandfather were famed architects Eero and Eliel Saarinen, and her godfather was Charles Eames. Art and design have truly been part of her everyday life.
"At dinner every night, we had discussions about art or design in some form," she says. "It was a very rich environment in terms of art and design. I didn't know until much, much later how much I picked up by osmosis."
After a series of career and life changes, Susan now runs a small landscape architecture practice in Golden, Colorado.
Link: Rocky Mountain News - Artist, designer by nature
Firm: Saarinen Landscape Architecture