Mario Soto graduated from High School with a passion for Design, He was successful of mastering his hand drafting skills by participating in N.A.W.I.C Design completions winning 1st first place in the Pomona Valley in 1997 and in 1998. Mario then pursued his architectural career seriously he interned for Paul Wheeler of Wheeler and Wheeler in Old Town Claremont and then after a few community college course in computer aided design set out to obtain a summer internship with WLC Wolfe Lang Christopher in 1999 which set the creativeness ablaze ...

Mario Soto decided to put his own shingle out leveraging his strong network of designers and engineers for work in the local design market of Orange County, MSDG was born.

After leaving Disney Mario was asked to come to work for Paul Anderson in Newport Beach Ca for Marsh and Associates. Perfecting his hospitality skills in golf club architecture while with MAI further expanding his design capacity for public forward facing spaces. Mario Moved to OC from LA

Hard work pays off... Mario Soto received his eligibility letter from the California Architects board to sit for his Architectural Registration Examination.

Mario becomes a father to a new borne baby boy Mateo Soto maybe one day he will be an Architect when he grows up. Mario continues to enhance and engage in the local design market of Orange County.