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Orange County, California Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Create a visually appealing and engaging newspaper each month, highlighting the great local craft beer culture available throughout the greater Los Angeles area. I coordinate with advertisers, authors and photographers to ensure a timely production schedule. I also create the brand's look and feel, advertisements, and promotional material for Beer Paper.

Orange County, California Area

• Create the Bicycle Transportation Plan for the City of Palmdale’s Active Transportation Plan showcasing best practices and elements that create a more bicycle friendly environment. • Create the Existing Conditions Report for the City of Valdez, AK which will be used as the baseline condition for the City’s Comprehensive Plan Update.• Create easy to understand planning submittal packages for Target Drive-Up Program and Remodel Program for locations throughout the country. • Create exhibits and figures for Environmental Impact Reports, Mitigated Negative Declarations, General Plans, Specific Plans, and Noise Studies utilizing GIS and Adobe programs. Created templates for the environmental planning team to be consistent and for others to utilize. • Took noise measurements and gathered noise data for projects throughout the southern California region. Create noise data appendices for Noise Assessments/Studies. • Develop Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) for retail and school projects. Conducted SWPPP inspections through the final construction phase for a national fast food chain. Submitted SWPPPs to the California Water Board. Help staff with SWPPP questions and became a SWPPP resource for the office and region. • Collaborate with the transportation department creating complex traffic data matrices to organize, accumulate and present traffic count data in a presentable format that is easy to understand and analyze. • Calculate the greenhouse gas reductions utilizing CalEEMod for two Affordable Housing and Sustainable Community grant applications.

Newport Beach, Ca

• Create exhibits that easily communicate municipal regulations applicable to a project site• Gather comprehensive scope of work to meet requirements for project approval• Create organized, layered drawings for ease of editing throughout project development• Prepare and update master plan documents, such as specific plans and planned development plans• Develop and create project materials for the purpose of public outreach and municipal requirements • Provide a modern, innovative perspective in design, as it relates to a user’s experience• Communicate with clients regularly to ensure client deliverables are up to date and on schedule• Collaborate on site planning and technical evaluations, such as grading and aesthetics • Assemble multi-disciplinary teams for public proposals• Ensure all business insurances and software licenses are up to date, and manage office administrationProjects:• Liberty – Specific Plan, Community Outreach Log, Park Needs Assessment, Architectural Pattern Book• Back Bay Landing – Planned Community Development Plan, presentations, architectural selection process• Quail Valley – Planned Development Plan• Sterling EIR – project management, exhibits, document formatting, editor• CT Sycamore Center – Mitigated Negative Declaration• Villages at Lakeshore – Mitigated Negative Declaration• Legacy Orange – due diligence, site planning• OC Register Site – due diligence, site planning• Mission Viejo Universal – due diligence, site planning• Desert Hot Springs Storage – due diligence, site planning• Vivante Phase II – Mitigated Negative Declaration• Parker Point – site planning• South Coast Metro West – due diligence, presentation exhibits• Lost Coast Hay – due diligence • Jurupa Valley Freeway – commercial real estate flyer• Cold Storage – view analysis• Canyon Hills 2.3 – due diligence, 3 site plan options

New York, Ny

Head of research team, USAID grant proposal, organize policies and incentives pertaining to specific geographies, gather leads from prospective market sectors, compile comprehensive data of current and planned projects that could benefit from distributed renewable energy, maintain inactive partner list.

Irvine, Ca

Helped design promotional booklets, density models, and made various corrections on different projects. Utilized programs such as: Photoshop, SketchUp, AutoCAD, InDesign, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Irvine, Ca

Drew elevations on CAD, used Photoshop, learned the architect business.

Westminster, Co

Designed a custom home for a family of four that met a multitude of specifications the family desired.

Bachelors, Urban & Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: American Student Planning Association Minor in Regenerative Studies

Associates, Architecture