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San Diego Metropolitan Area

San Diego Metropolitan Area

- Spearheaded management of County’s facilities financing, specializing in Assessment Districts (ADs) and Community Facilities Districts (CFDs) to fund local public improvements, ensuring thorough evaluation and approval of applications.- Orchestrated cross-departmental collaboration with stakeholders from across the County enterprise to streamline ADs and CFDs formation and project implementation.- Co-managed and co-facilitated General Plan amendments in accordance with state planning priorities, ensuring alignment with evolving community needs, environmental considerations, and legal requirements to guide effective land use policies and sustainable development practices. - Reinforced other senior planners with various projects in different stages; and oversaw and managed interns' workload, ensuring efficient task delegation, adherence to project timelines, and professional development through regular feedback and mentorship.

San Diego Metropolitan Area

- Coauthored County’s 2024 Climate Action Plan (CAP) Update; composed energy sector measure sheets to provide detailed information on the sector’s vision, strategies, measures, implementation actions, andpaths to net zero emissions; and facilitate group discussion with various stakeholders.- Presented CAP Updates to community planning and sponsor groups; engaged in educational workshopsfocused on the CAP Update in both English and Spanish and translated collateral; and participated ineducation, outreach, and engagement surrounding the CAP Update.- Conducted legislative reviews on proposed legislation for various sectors (e.g., transportation and energy) to ensure alignment with the County legislative priorities and sustainability planning efforts.- Created and implemented team’s contract management and invoice review system; prepared scopes ofwork, cost estimates, and led acquisition process to procure consultant services across 4 topic areas.- Reinforced project managers with various projects in different stages (e.g., CAP Update, HydrogenStudy, Energy and Equity Resiliency).

San Diego Metropolitan Area

- Launched Housing Acceleration Program (HAP) including its various components: (1) Local Jurisdiction Support, (2) Data and Policy Resources, and (3) Regional Initiatives which includes a $20m consultant bench.- Tracked and synthesized current and proposed state housing production legislation and identified advocacy opportunities to establish priorities in relation to the Housing Acceleration Program.- Conducted in-house research and data analysis to provide insight into current initiatives and expand local jurisdiction support, data analysis, and policy resources, and regional initiatives related to housing element implementation.- Prepared scopes of work, cost estimates and led acquisition process to procure consultant services; oversaw executed task orders and managed consultant team, reviewed project deliverables, timelines, and budgets.- Collaborated with local planning department staff to identify and implement streamlining and process improvement in relation to equitable land use policies and affordable housing production.

San Diego Metropolitan Area

- Developed the initial framework of a Housing Acceleration Program to accelerate housing production, incorporate current planning priorities, and implement the 2021 Regional Plan with Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) funds. - Composed housing and land use policy program one-pagers to provide detailed information on short- and long-term implementation actions, social equity consideration, and a nexus to transportation planning for the Regional Plan.- Authored and submitted REAP and Sustainable Communities grant proposals to secure funding for smart growth and a regional anti-displacement study as an early implementation action of the 2021 Regional Plan. - Provided technical assistance to local jurisdictions in preparing their 6th Cycle Housing Element and assembled group discussions with local jurisdictions to share issues facing multiple jurisdictions, ideas, and solutions. - Composed complex staff reports and PowerPoint presentations for decision-making bodies and public-facing meetings.

San Diego Metropolitan Area

- Reinforced project manager in the closing of the Regional Housing Need Assessment (RHNA) Methodology, introduced and authored a chapter in the RHNA Plan, and collected information required for RHNA Appeals and Determinations.- Corresponded with local- and state-agencies to establish monthly topic meetings to serve as a forum for technical assistance and information exchange for local jurisdictions in the preparation of 6th Cycle Housing Elements.- Evaluated and synthesized complex draft EIRs, NOPs, development plans, and general plan amendments in preparation for comment-, consistency-, or support-letters through the agency’s intergovernmental review process. - Participated in writing grant proposals to bring monies to the region and assisted in the development of scope of work and independent cost estimates to bring a consultant team to develop a Regional Housing Acceleration Program.

San Marcos, California, United States

- Evaluated inter-departmental data for the reporting of Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System to achieve Silver status rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2017. - Co-wrote and improved CSUSM’s Sustainability website and organized other departments' websites and databases.- Initiated planning and development of strategic communication plans to effectively reach and engage audiences for sustainability via public-facing platforms and in-person sustainability-related activities and programs.- Evaluated and incorporated sustainability best practices to reach goals outlined in CSUSM’s Sustainability Master Plan.- Supported the department in other specialty programs (i.e. ergonomics, environmental health, and safety).

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

Activities and Societies: American Planning Association San Diego Chapter – Member City Planning Association SDSU - Member

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Sustainability Club and Associated Students Incorporated-Sustainability Committee.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology