Sophia Winston Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

-Leverage federal and state funding opportunities to support policies and programs related to renewables and energy efficiency in buildings-Oversee the Solar for All New Orleans Program-Implement building performance goals set in the 2022 Climate Action Plan through stakeholder/community engagement, data collection/analysis, and crafting of policy-Work with local and federal partners to implement solar and battery powered resilience hubs across the city-Intervene in utility related dockets to support the City's clean energy goals

-Oversee a team of 2+ Program Managers within Green Building United-Responsible for the creation and management of newly launched Climate Ready Capital Project Program, a sustainability and resilience initiative between GBU and William Penn Foundation capital improvement grantees

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

-Manage City of Philadelphia's Building Energy Benchmarking program by handling building energy benchmarking data for large commercial and multifamily buildings in the city of Philadelphia, creating content for assistance and news, and providing 1-1 technical assistance-Build capacity for local organizations to incorporate climate resilience and sustainability practices into design, construction, and operations for projects related to recreation and open space-Manage city-wide 2030 District Initiative through event planning, content creation, attending monthly nationwide meetings, liaising with building owners, and creating annual year end progress report-Manage and gather data for discrete research projects relating to sustainability, resilience, and funding for local non-profits and city initiatives-Member of Philadelphia Water Department's Green Stormwater Action Committee-Technical Advisor for the Township of Lower Merion's Sustainability Plan in the areas of Adaptation & Resilience and Building & Energy Efficiency

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

-(Spring 2021) Teaching Assistant for Land Use & Environmental Modeling, a high level course in the City Planning Department that utilized Raster GIS and RStudio to manage, analyze, and predict environmental data. Topics covered include: flood prediction modeling, remote sensing for land cover data, hydrological modeling in GIS, and site suitability analyses-(Fall 2020) Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Land Use, a required class for Land Use & Environmental Planning students, answered questions about coursework, set up online teaching platforms such as Zoom and Canvas. Topics covered include: subdivision & development regulations, zoning codes, design reviews, creating comprehensive plans, and smart growth strategies

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

-Knowledge Sharing Lead - Work across 6 fellows who are researching cities' housing response during the COVID-19 crisis to gather comparative data -Gathered and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data surrounding housing insecurity in 6 major US cities-Created and maintained a database of rental assistance program metrics that helped inform best practices for cities creating new emergency rental assistance programs-Created graphics, template, and final handout deliverable for webinar presentation about rental assistance programs given to city officials from the 6 partner cities-Utilized RStudio, ArcGIS, Excel. and Adobe Illustrator to manage data, create maps, graphics, and reports-Created & translated Qualtrics surveys used to gauge rental assistance program efficacy-Began preliminary research & literature reviews surrounding gig-work in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Chair of the City Planning Department

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

-Translated zoning code of São Paulo, Brazil from Portuguese to English-Worked with a research team of 7 total analyzing the zoning code of Sao Paulo, Brazil and its impact on the economy-Gathered, cleaned, and maintained a 60,000+ row Excel spreadsheet of building permits from the years 2000-2019 to understand trends in development as they correlate to changes in the zoning code-Gave weekly internal presentations with updates about research utilizing PowerPoint, Excel, Studio, and ArcGIS-Used RStudio to clean and analyze large, multiyear dataframes

Vicosa, Brazil

-Assist English language professors at the Federal University of Vicosa with supplementary English language instruction-Host English language conversation club 3 times a week with undergraduate students ranging from elementary to advanced-Host English language conversation club once a week for Graduate and Doctorate students. Provide feedback for both oral pronunciation and texts.-Prepare and present monthly seminars or workshops about English writing techniques and American culture-Work with students and professors involved in Idiomas Sem Fronteiras (Languages without Borders) to provide a well-rounded English learning experience at UFV

4032 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa

-Worked with student leaders from the University of Pennsylvania to create unique, Jewish based programming on campus-Engaged with 60+ students on Penn's campus to maintain relationship to JHP -Handled logistics and planning for large scale community service and mentoring events-Launched the Jewish Latino Network at Penn which engages international Jewish students in community based programming-Created content for and consistently updated the Jewish Heritage Programs website (jhp.org)-Streamlined all ticket sales and registration for Jewish Business Network of Philadelphia events-Created, wrote, and edited all content sent out in JHP's bi-weekly e-news

Center For Latin American Studies

Researching and writing weekly news articles related to events in Latin America

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attended community meetings and showcases, assist staff in day-to-day needs, shadow planners to learn more about planning and GIS implementation. Worked on re-formatting their mission statement and handbook.

Master'S Degree, City And Regional Planning - Land Use/Environmental Planning, 3.76

Activities and Societies: Student Planning Association - 1st and 2nd Year Elected Representative

Bachelor’S Degree, Urban Studies, Spanish Language And Literature, Portuguese, And Latin American Studies