I lead our organization’s participation in a number of campaigns including the Bronx Financial Access Coalition, bringing a community development credit union back to our borough.Develop and implement curriculum for East Harlem El Barrio Mutual Housing Association residents.

Supervised a department of five organizers and our collaboration with the Banana Kelly Resident Council. Convened the Southern Boulevard Coalition and worked closely on fundraising including city council contracts.

In the Department of Sociology and Anthropology I teach Urban Issues and Policies and the Urban Studies Internship Seminar on Community Organizations. Both courses include a survey of the history of structural racism and inequality in cities, focusing on redlining, segregation, urban renewal, planned shrinkage, community organizing, rezoning and community reinvestment.

As a Partner at social impact design studio Designing the WE, I led and participated in teams to design and begin to build ecosystems of shared ownership and value through community driven economic development and participatory design. I co-created the Undesign the Redline exhibit that has brought an interactive visual history of structural racism and systemic inequality to numerous places including Baltimore, Atlanta, Trenton and Northampton. I co-created and implemented our design curriculum with a community organization in the Bronx, where young people are leading the redesign of a vacant building into a maker space, shared commercial kitchen, recording studio and ecosystem hub. I have facilitated dozens of workshops on how we can ‘undesign’ the growing disparities in health, housing, investment and education for clients such as the NYC Dept of Health, Enterprise Community Partners, and the National Coalition on School Diversity. I specialized in building partnerships with grassroots community organizations, universities, artists, government agencies and historically redlined people.

Led staff development, hiring, technology, research, design, organizing and advocacy work for 30+ year old organization. Created and implemented Building Indicator Project to track levels of physical and financial distress 60,000+ multifamily properties resulting in the New York State Slumlord Prevention Guidelines, the New York City Proactive Preservation Initiative, and citywide improvements in living conditions. Presented to and trained hundreds of organizers, regulators, bankers, property managers, government officials, students and advocates on property research, market trends, demographic and community research.

Provided technical assistance on housing finance to develop and preserve hundred of units of community controlled housing in the Northwest Bronx. Developed and designed website. Wrote, edited and designed newsletters, brochures and annual reports. Created community research and mapping projects. Organized programs for homeowners and homebuyers in collaboration with local and national lenders, counselors, legal services and organizers. Participated in citywide and statewide coalitions fighting predatory lending and disinvestment.