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Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, NC, US

Launch and grow a new program area for the City of Charlotte focused on data, technology, and innovation centered on residents and using a lens of alignment, communication, equitable outcomes, and setting up opportunities for co-creation with communities through deepening engagement. Strategy and implementation of Digital Inclusion work in Charlotte which.

Charlotte, NC, US

Manage a range of design and planning projects. Lead on special topics including addressing affordable housing, economic development impacts, equity in community engagement, smart city development, neighborhood character preservation, crime prevention through design, transit oriented development, and managing placemaking projects that activate public.

Charlotte, NC, US

Manage a range of design and planning projects. Lead on special topics including addressing affordable housing, economic development impacts, equity in community engagement, smart city development, neighborhood character preservation, crime prevention through design, transit oriented development, and managing placemaking projects that activate public.

Continues today as advising board member. Founded a small, international urban design and landscape archiecture start up that produces:- concept designs & graphics- development master plans- precinct/area plans & policy writing- construction plans (earthworks/grading, hardscape, planting, detail, irrigation, specifications)- visual and ecological impact.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Courses taught: graphic skills for landscape architects (Adobe CS, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and other tools), assist in teaching studio, and taught advanced ArcGIS and QGIS).

Melville, ZA

Project manage precinct plans, design and guideline reports, research for transit oriented development and links to social and economic improvement in South African townships, and land use residual impact studies. Create development frameworks, site development plans, and landscape plans based on best practices in urban design and landscape architecture..

Raleigh, NC, US

Create conceptual designs for streetscapes and other public open spaces. Collaborate with the City's Public Works Department (traffic and stormwater) to design planting plans for streetscape projects. Work on updating the downtown streetscape master plan. Create and manage graphics for various planning projects including corridors, area studies, and.

Raleigh, NC, US

Provided graphic & technical assistance in producing designs, plans, and models for staff on various projects. Projects included Raleigh's Multi Modal Transit Center, West Morgan Neighborhood, and Jones Franklin Neighborhood. Special project during tenure here was to create a methodology for understanding appropriate sidewalk widths in urban areas. Final.

Residential landscape design specializing in low-maintenance native planting, rain gardens, and permaculture strategies. Work mostly as a consultant and provide a simple conceptual design and planting and hardscape details.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Community Design Initiative. Work with rural communities throughout NC requesting advice on how to preserve their charm while their population grows or contracts. Advise on strategic planning that would stabilize or enhance local economies in the form of physical environment and land planning regulations as well as re-envisioning of the community's.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Worked with tenured professors in the Design School to provide a holistic introduction to design studios for first year design students. Projects spanned graphic design, art, landscape architecture, architecture, and fashion design. Assisted in creating lesson plans, grading rubrics, and project assignments. Performed regular critiques and pin-up reviews..

Broad internship covering many different aspects of working in a small private landscape architecture firm. Projects and responsibilities included site inventory and analysis of Bethesda Park in Durham; construction administration of Oval Park in Durham; site analysis, concept design, public engagement facilitation, communication of Wake County park in.

Residential and estate landscape design, horticulturalist, and consultant. Focus was on native plants and concepts in permaculture to advance environmental sustainability. Supervised construction employees.

Specialized in creating curriculum on global trends and awareness in international issues. Placed by the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.

Chattanooga, TN, US

Organized the physical collection and created a digital database of our plant samples taken from the TN River Gorge as well as researching and field exploration for new plant species discoveries in the gorge.

Masters, Landscape Architecture

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology/Environmental Studies & Botany