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Portland, Oregon, United States

-Bus stop planner in TriMet's Service Planning and Transit Development Department-Working with the bus stop team to ensure continual performance and improvement of the 6,000 bus stops serving Portland's metro.-Providing quantitative and qualitative analysis for the Service Planning and Transit Development Department.-Using my operator experience to better inform my approach to transit planning.

Portland, Oregon, United States

-Fully embraced praxis by starting a career at TriMet as a bus operator. -Obtained Class B CDL and conpleted bus training and probation.-Dedicated extra board operator at the Center Garage; drove almost every route that operators out of the Center Garage at least once.

Portland, Oregon, United States

-Current projects: BIPOC photo-voice transit study and transgender geographies literature review.- Full-time student and graduate research assistant, worked under the direct supervision of Professor Marisa Zapata and as a teaching assistant under Professor Yu Xiao.- Performed academic research related to active transportation, travel behavior, micromobility, and transit-oriented development using GIS, literature review, statistical analysis, interviews, survey, and field work. - Teaching assistant duties include grading, student support, classroom management, and project troubleshooting.

Hong Kong Sar

- Developed and researched case studies on global smart cites to be use as teaching material for a new undergraduate class dedicated entirely to teaching students about smart city theory and history.- Worked with Dr. Sylvia He sourced and secured production company contracts to develop an educational e-module video. Managed production budget, creative development, educational scriptwriting, and video production.

Portland, Oregon Area

- Full-time student and graduate research assistant, worked under the direct supervision of Professor Jennifer Dill.- Performed academic research related to active transportation, gender, e-scooter, and transit-oriented development using GIS, literature review, statistical analysis, interviews, survey, and field work. - Occasionally performed teaching assistant duties, such as the Portland Traffic & Transportation course and ad hoc work around the Urban Studies and Planning Department.

Hong Kong

-Developed tutorials and in-class activities to facilitate an interactive and stimulating learning classroom for undergraduate students to achieve course learning outcomes. -Assisted professors with daily administrative and classroom duties to ensure a well-organized semester and positive learning environment for students.-Assisted with transportation related research at the Institute of Future Cities and individual professors with a focus on sustainable transportation and gentrification.-Contributed to the department’s successful application to the Royal Town Planning Institute chartership.-Organized a ten day international field trip to Seoul, South Korea for final year students’ capstone project. Duties include: securing travel agency for daily operations, organizing daily educational activities with NGOs, universities, and local governments.

Greater New Orleans Area

-Aided professors with grant-funded transportation research covering topics such as alternative fuel use for public transit and liquefied natural gas for maritime use.-Collected quantitative and qualitative data, researched academic literature, assisted with field work and developed researched back alternatives for reports. -Occasionally performed teaching duties, public speaking, and event organizing.

Greater New Orleans Area

-Assisted urban planners with several transportation and community plans while starting my first year at UNO.-Used GIS and spatial analysis to implement General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) for Jefferson Parish’s transit system Jefferson Transit (JeT). Conducted fieldwork and ridership surveys for JeT.-Conducted community outreach and interview efforts for local economic planning efforts.

Greater Chicago Area

-Worked as a Bikeways Technician and assisted with the planning of bikeways by assisting the engineering team with field surveys and analysis of current infrastructure conditions.-Attended to abandon bicycles and assessed public bicycle parking.-Assisted with traffic counts, conducted maintenance inspections of bikeways, and assisted with CDOT supported community outreach and advocacy events.

Greater Chicago Area

-As an intern helped managed the country's second largest bicycle-transit program, Bike and Ride.-Assisted on several projects and advocacy initiatives to increase the bicycle friendliness and multimodal integration of CTA, including CTA’s first high capacity bicycle parking. -Managed and assessed bicycle parking at all CTA transit stations, rail yards, and bus terminals. This included community outreach and education events.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Abd, Urban Studies/Affairs

Activities and Societies: Graduate Employees Union, Shop Steward, 2017-ongoing Student Representative to the Faculty, 2017- 2018Graduate.

Master’S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Crescent City Shapers

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Geography