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Licensed architect, experienced with all project phases - from community engagement and concept design through construction close-out. Project types include civic & governmental, healthcare, community, and urban agricultural facilities.

MakerSpace Director - Developed and ran a community workshop for hands-on education and sustainability projects. Renovated physical shop space for woodworking, metalsmithing, electronics & 3d printing, and textiles. Developed business plan, marketing efforts, logo and branding, and community engagement. Guest Faculty - Guest lecturer for courses on sustainable design, and co-instructor for survey course on sustainability in the built environment. Academic courses taught as month-long, single course, intensive blocks. Courses include: Buildings & The Built Environment, Permaculture Design, and Ethnobotony. Project Designer - Lead designer for an organic agriculture education center, an adaptive reuse project for a new education certificate program. Involved in project from concept through design development.

Worked on a variety of project types at all phases of development. Projects included historic preservation & expansion of a Carnegie library, adaptive reuse of historic K-12 schools into senior housing, a residential rehabilitation facility, multifamily residential and small installations.

Teaching assistant & classroom instructor for undergraduate Architecture & Landscape Architecture courses. Responsible for classroom engagement, grading, and working individually with students. • Design Representation - Freehand drawing, technical drafting, digital 3D modeling, rendering, graphic information layout.• Building Science & Technology - Structure, assemblies, materials, and MEP systems.• Whole Building Systems Analysis - Energy, daylighting, & ventilation simulation in Ecotect, Sefaira, IES-VE, & Diva for Rhino. • Social & Behavioral Landscapes - Placemaking, environmental psychology, environmental justice & social equity.

Academic internship during study abroad semester in China. Exposure & participation on international retail, resort, and music venue projects.

Landscape consultant and Permaculture designer. Co-organized of bulk bare-root fruit tree sale, and community educator on sustainable agriculture and home food preservation.