I am trained as a social scientist and urban planner, working to bridge the fields of sustainable development, land use, and infrastructure to improve life in urban communities.As the Director of Research at the Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco, I lead community-led research projects in which the research questions, methods, and analysis are driven for and by the people most impacted by this research.My previous roles include Director of Community Engaged Learning in the Program on Urban Studies at Stanford University, where I developed and taught project-based classes where students collaborate with non-profit organizations and government agencies on sustainability projects. I co-founded the Stanford Human Cities Initiative as a platform to encourage cross-disciplinary approaches to tackle urban challenges. I previously worked as a Senior Planner in San Francisco, leading transportation and land use planning efforts. In addition to my full-time job, I am pursuing a DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, funded by the Clarendon Scholarship, to understand responses to sustainable urban infrastructure projects in low-income communities of color and other marginalized communities.