A family friend happened to be around when Yiming started a discussion on career opportunities with his father. That friend recommended architecture, and the rest as they say is history. After earning his bachelor’s degree and working a couple of years in China, he attended graduate school at Texas A&M University and has now found his way to the Midwest. “I enjoy exploring and learning new things,” says Guan. “And architecture is such a broad field, there’s history, art, geography, physics, chemistry, biology – I care about how they are related and how the universe functions.” He lives by the motto of – opportunities are for those who prepare for it, and he wants to convey reliability to his clients. Outside of work, you can field Yiming playing basketball or soccer and he and his wife enjoy traveling and exploring the communities around them.