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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Co-founded a non-profit focused on the development of multisectoral coalitions to advance community development projects.
• Cancun's new inter-agency team committed to implementing hydro-climatological resilience in the coastal city of Cancun, Mexico.
• Public-private strategy to rehabilitate and maintain 74-acres of Barrilaco's Ravine ecosystem in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City.
• El Peral Community Center built with both local capacity and a federal grant in Rinconada Santa María, Mexico City.

New York, New York, United States

• Managed urban revitalization projects and participatory planning processes in the US, Canada, and El Salvador.
• San Salvador’s Historic Center Revitalization, El Salvador. In partnership with Totem, USAID, and Louis Berger Group.
• Brownfield Revitalization Master Plan for New Milford’s Riverfront in Connecticut.
• Saint-Catherine Street pedestrian and commercial revitalization in the Le Village Gai of Montreal, Canada. In collaboration with Collectif Escargo, La Bande à Paul, Show Canada.
• Geospatial and statistical analysis for OneNYC 2050 Report for NYC. In collaboration with OneNYC, Bellweather Agency, FHI, Full Proof, & PingPong Design.

Lima Province, Peru

• Co-founded Libremente, an SMS-based mental health program that proved effective for disaster survivors in Peru and Puerto Rico.
• Human-centered Design with and for mothers displaced by floods in Lima, Peru. In collaboration with LaVictoria Lab, Koru, Segundos Auxilios, and Bridadas Psicológicas PUC.
• Program iteration for elder Puerto Ricans impacted by Hurricane María and funded by the Priscilla King Gray Center. In collaboration with MIT Ideas Competition, Dr. José Carrión-Barralt, and Clinica de COSSAO.

Jordan

Conducted Participatory Action Research (PAR) with young Syrians to inform the design of a community center in Azraq Refugee Camp.

Amman, Jordan

Documented stories of self-determination and orchestrated peer-to-peer translation initiative for Syrian refugees living at Azraq Refugee Camp

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Gathered mapping transit best practices from 15 cities in the Global South to launch a knowledge exchange network.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Launched Manos a la Obra, a crowdsourcing platform and strategy for coordinating post-disaster aid after the earthquakes of September 2017.

Valparaíso, Chile

• Informed Valparaíso's Plan Regulador Comunal (PLADECO) 2019-2030 with recommendations to reduce fire risk and integrate informal settlements.
• Consolidated an interdisciplinary team with leaders from different agencies inside the Municipality.
• Designed a three-dimensional model with both government-owned data and qualitative data from communities at-risk to inform urban policies.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Co-founded a commercial company focused on street furniture fabricated with low-carbon concrete.
• Supervised design, fabrication, marketing, budgeting, transportation, and installation of 300+ units of concrete street furniture in nine public spaces and seven temporary installations in Mexico City and Malinalco.
• Co-designed MapatonCDMX, a gaming app to crowdsource the first transit map in Mexico City. MapatonCDMX gathered 3,996 gamers to crowdsource the 1,500+ transit routes.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Coordinated research and design of urban sustainability projects in Mexico.
• Designed community-based strategy for crime and flood-risk reduction in Ciudad Juarez.
• Led feasibility studies for bus rapid transit (BRT) in the Historic Center of Mexico City.
• Proposed and designed maritime transit system in Acapulco
• Coordinated design guidelines for the redevelopment of 150-acres innovation cluster.
• Co-edited dictionary, catalog, and manual that analyze Mexico’s construction code and propose reforms.

Mexico

Facultad de Arquitectura.Co-instructor Architecture Studio IX.Spring 2016Facultad de Arquitectura.Co-instructor Architecture Studio I and II.September 2018 - June 2010

Mexico City, Mexico

Centro Nacional de Atención a Quemados (CENIAQ)Developed landscape design and accessibility for the National Hospital for Burned Patients.Coordinated architectural drawings for landscape design and access.Client: Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación (INR)2007-2009

Mexico City

Pabellón de La RepúblicaDesigned a Cultural Complex and a Museum in Los Cabos, MéxicoClient: Mexico's Gobierno Federal.September 2009Bahía MaromaDesigned Beach Resort in the Mayan Riviera, MéxicoClient: Grupo MaromaDecember 2005

Master In City Planning, International Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Architecture, Graduate With Honours

Activities and Societies: Taller Max-Cetto

Associate'S Degree, Sustainable Urban Development

Diplomado en Diseño de Comunidades Sostenibles

Overseas Studies Program, Sustentabilidad Y Planeación Urbana

Activities and Societies: Centre D'Investigació Solar CiSol Workshops