Julieta is a registered landscape architect. She earned her Masters in Landscape Architecture from NC State University and has been practicing since 1993. Julieta is an adjunct professor in the NCSU Department of Landscape Architecture, where she teaches a variety of studios to undergraduate and graduate students. She also teaches the Site Planning and the Construction Materials and Methods course.

Julieta is also the Design Assistance Coordinator for the Natural Learning Initiative. She is dedicated to working with clients to create natural, stimulating places that enhance of the health of families and children as well as the environment and community as a whole. She is particularly interested in the use of plants as design elements and believes in the critical role they play in improving and enhancing the human/natural experience. To this end, she is interested in opportunities to preserve and protect natural and historic resources while incorporating living infrastructure such as bioretention gardens.

Julieta has been involved in a broad range of local, national, and international projects through her landscape architecture practice, JTSLA. She works for both public and private clients on commercial, resort, mixed-use, and residential projects.