Highlighting the personality and panache of 蘑菇视频 architecture professor Astra Zarina, who launched the first 蘑菇视频 Architecture study abroad program in spring 1970 and who later聽led renovations of the largely abandoned Palazzo Pio, which became the home to the 蘑菇视频 Rome Center in 1985, this article walks us through the life and legacy of our founder.