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United States

Managed community engagement and contributed to social infrastructure strategy for the Downtown West master plan development in San Jose entitled for 7.3M SF of office, 4,000 new homes including 25% affordable housing, 15 acres of parks and plazas, and 500,000 SF of retail, hotel, and cultural arts and education programing.

Founding team member, built out and executed operations for a small public benefit corporation as well as contributed to design research and strategy in partnership with governments to design equitable public systems.

Managed stakeholder relationships, budgets and financial reporting, and internal research and strategy projects as well as conducted Human-centered design and research and completed design for 15+ print publications and presentations on homelessness service systems transformation and housing justice.

Greater New York City Area

Provided executive support, managed stakeholder communications, conducted academic research for briefs and strategy recommendations, and worked with project leads to establish and standardize design research methods and visual branding.

Greater New York City Area

Provided executive support, contributed to workshop and interview design and facilitation for the City of Seattle and King County which reached 123 customers and 83 providers of homelessness services through 13 workshops, 9 site visits, and 3 days with outreach teams, and supported the product development of strategy recommendations which are now being.

Greater New York City Area

Designed and tested an interactive exhibition for 50-70 year-old research participants to facilitate a collaborative design research process on the future of work. Collaborated with the project team to synthesize and share research in a creative and engaging way by designing two risograph saddle-stitched publications.

Greater New York City Area

Lead a section of undergraduate students in a course titled "California Dreaming: Tracing theOrigins of American Sustainable Urbanism 1848-2020"

Greater New York City Area

Coordinated and finalized a publication on overcrowded schools in Sunset Park, Brooklyn which was used as a tool for community organizations and included in the exhibition "Places in Relation" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Coordinated content and illustration of a publication on overcrowded schools in Sunset Park, Brooklyn with a 14-person team.

San Francisco, CA

Bookkeeping, website management, as well as hosting nonprofit and volunteer experience development

South Bend, Indiana Area

Collaboratively built an artist residency program to provide opportunities for emerging artists. Adapted programming to artists’ evolving needs through regular feedback. Designed and implemented a candidate discovery and selection process resulting in a broad, diverse, and skilled candidate pool. Developed and implemented the residency structure and.

Dharamsala, India

Lead cultural immersion and service trips for high school students.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Assisted with Development projects relating to events, fundraising, and publications

Acted as the primary point of contact for students, parents, and faculty to the student life office while maintaining the attendance database and balance multiple social and administrative tasks

Organized and executed lesson plans for beginning high school photography classesActed as an assistant to the primary teacher upon his return to the classroom

Grinnell, Iowa

Palo Alto, CA

Managed art contracts for the visual components of iphone games Worked with student programming interns to communicate their ideas to designers

Co-organized and led backpacking orientation trips for incoming college students for three sessions

Walla Walla, Washington

Assisted with planning and implementation of environment related programs Ensured a healthy, respectful, and supportive group dynamic within an on campus residence Extensive training in conflict resolution, communication, policy enforcement and event planning

Walla Walla, Washington

Managed art staff in selecting art pieces and assisted with the overall advertisement and production

San Francisco, California

Filmed and edited videos of events for website updates Formatted, edited, and collected information for the annual reportCreated video montages for conferences

Palo Alto, California

Helped customers find products that suit their needs, stocked and organized items

San Mateo, California

Master’S Degree, Design And Urban Ecologies

Environmental Studies - Art

Pre-Architecture Program

Education record