Ora Ferdman (she/her) is a third-generation builder and designer investigating the social, political, and performative dimensions of construction practice. Since 2015 she has been the Co-Artistic Director of Door Unlimited, an emergent structure for hosting collaborative research and interdisciplinary, participatory events exploring speculative folklife. In 2023, she founded Fora Construction, a design-build and fabrication company based in Accord, NY to center femme, queer, trans, and immigrant experiences in the construction workplace and to prioritize projects that support collective gathering, mutual aid, creative expression and activism. Ora is currently a construction project manager at North River Design Build in Stone Ridge, NY.