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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago

Led the 47th Ward Green Council, convening environmental stakeholders in the ward to develop community initiatives and advise the alderman on environment policy. Researched environmental policy and coordinated subject matter hearings on matters including CTA bus electrification, public EV charging, recycling/composting, and the urban tree canopy. Organized.

Greater Chicago Area

I managed the day-to-day activities and implementation of Special Service Area #31 programs for the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce. SSA #31 services the business corridors in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, including parts of Ravenswood, Clark, Damen, Lawrence, Montrose, Irving Park, and Wilson. A commission of property owners votes on how to.

Chicago

I conducted research, outreach and planning efforts for CMAP's Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program, which provides planning services to municipalities throughout the seven-county metropolitan region. Specifically, I assisted with copyediting and research for the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association Complete Streets and Trails Plan, conducted.

Ravenswood, Chicago

As a planning intern at the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce, I worked on placemaking proposals to site locations for picnic benches in the Ravenswood corridor and conducted outreach to local businesses for the facade rebate program, which reimburses a portion of costs for storefront improvements. I also prepared materials for Special Service Area.

Brookfield, Illinois

I worked in the village's Community and Economic Development Department, researching and assisting on projects including Complete Streets policy, form-based code, tax increment finance districts, rainwater collection and wayfinding. I wrote several grant applications, including a successful application for an Active Transportation Alliance plan, adopted in.

Greater Chicago Area

I worked at the Starbucks in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood and was responsible for several tasks, including running the cash register, cleaning the store and making drinks. I often worked opening shifts that required me to be on time and weekend shifts that required a high level of performance under pressure.

Greater Chicago Area

As a Special Service Area planning intern, I worked on various placemaking and business assistance programs. This work included securing public way use permits and community outreach related to the Lincoln Hub placemaking initiative and updating a storefront inventory to update vacancy information, wayfinding kiosks and the facade improvement program.I.

Greater Chicago Area

I worked to amplify the voice for better biking, walking and transit in Chicago by blogging about local transportation news, updating the Active Trans website and preparing the quarterly newsletter, which is issued to more than 6,000 households. Following my internship, I continued to volunteer for the organization as a contributing writer for the.

I coordinated and executed the custom content and native advertising for national ad campaigns that were shared on Patch's 900+ local sites. My responsibilities including content production, delivery tracking and idea generation for clients such as Disney, Sony and Wells Fargo. I also managed business development and content sharing partnerships with.

Greater Chicago Area

I covered local business news on the north side of Chicago and in the south and west suburbs, organized educational and marketing events to train business owners on social media practices and taught small business owners how to use Patch's blogging platform and events calendar.

Greater Chicago Area

I managed a team of eight editors in Chicago's south suburbs, overseeing local news production, budget management and website metrics. I also assisted with execution of larger projects and shared best practices with local editors.

New Lenox, Illinois

I launched the New Lenox Patch website in just 30 days, quickly learning everything I could to effectively cover news in the community. We instantly became the go-to news source for residents in New Lenox, a community of about 30,000. My responsibilities included a bit of everything: I managed a daily newsletter and Patch social media accounts, conducted.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I was the editorial intern on the Government and Politics beat, covering state and national education policy. I covered immigration policies related to the DREAM Act for children of undocumented immigrants, reported on U.S. Senate hearings related to student aid funding and wrote human interest pieces.

Columbia, Missouri Area

Following my news reporting course, I was hired to serve as an Assistance City Editor at the Columbia Missourian, a daily city newspaper owned and operated by the Missouri School of Journalism. In this role, I managed students enrolled in the reporting course at the Missourian. Responsibilities included copyediting, training student journalists and.

I aggregated the nation's top campus news from student newspapers across the country for a daily newsletter and wrote trend pieces that collected and linked to stories about specific topics.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I was elected by my peers to serve as Managing Editor at The Maneater student newspaper. I hired, trained and managed a staff of 20 editors and at least 30 freelance staff members. I helped direct a redesign of themaneater.com, including the creation of a multimedia department, and the website won the Associated Collegiate Press award for best college.

Master'S Degree, Urban Planning And Policy

Activities and Societies: President, Urban Planning & Policy Student Association (2016-17) Member, American Planning Association Member.

Bachelor'S, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Projects Editor, The Maneater student newspaper (2010) Managing Editor, The Maneater student newspaper (2008-09).