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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis

I worked with their Director of Urban Design to facilitate grass root greening in downtown Minneapolis.-Developed a series of promotional materials to remove barriers for property owners to implement and construct their ideas-Worked with property owners to design & guide construction of grassroots boulevards-Implemented a street-scape community engagement.

Baoding, Hebei, China

Design Intern and English Teacher at 听松书院, Ting Song LibraryTing Song Library is a Cultural and Social community designed and supported, by founder, Mei Jing. This organization supports the local tourism economy with hospitality, design, and educational services. With a new public center, villagers and their children may learn about traditional crafts.

Baoding, Hebei, China

-Schematically designed two classical temple courtyards

Shanghai City, China

-Created schematic designs, digital models, renderings and presentation documents for projects

Boulder, Colorado

-utilize Adobe Illustrator to trace visual imagery of campuses to create visually appealing place-finding maps for clients

Minneapolis, Minnesota

-Collaborated on a $10,000 winning proposal to design IDS Center’s south plaza-Used SketchUp to model built form and estimate building material needs

Prior Lake, MN

-Replaced bakers/pastry chefs with food preparation during staffing conflicts-Increased efficiency and organization through properly trained and supervised staff-Oversaw inventory and placed orders to maintain a well-stocked bakery

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Community Engagement Coordinator-Identify resources and funding for community organizations through U of MN partnership pathways-Designed and implement an event catering to youth of color and their work with food and agriculture to encourage agricultural and food higher education pathways. -Raised a $6,200 event budget by recruiting sponsors to implement.

1420 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108-6074

• Develop the agenda for each meeting
• Leads and encourages members to make progress to the Board’s goals
• Provides support for members to help achieve their Student Board objectives

1551 Lindig Avenue University Of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108

• carefully and attentively plant, harvest, and water different strains of wheat/oat.

• Networked with students and organizations to increase facebook page participation
• Received, organized, and posted countless organization events to facebook page

300 Industrial Blvd Minneapolis, MN 55413

• Identified areas to reduce environmental risk while considering financial limits
• Reduced electrical and waste expenses by ~$ 1,000.00 annually

Identified invertebrate and plant species to determine wetland's healthCollaborated in the creation of a report detailing health of wetlands

115 Green Hall 1530 Cleveland Ave. North Saint Paul, MN 55108

• Initiated and wrote farmer’s guide to 2008 Farm Bill independently
• Diligently responded to customer questions and complaints

Masters Of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Advanced Chinese

Bachelor'S Of Science In Environmental Sciences, Policy, And Management, Environmental Sciences, Corporate Environmental Management, And Chinese

Activities and Societies: Student Senate, Senator; Minnesota Student Association (Student Body Association), Senator; Yinghua Academy.

Study Abroad Program, Chinese

Activities and Societies: • Acquired Chinese language proficiency, adaptability, appreciation of difference • Awareness of East Asia.

Education record

Education record