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curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
CUNY School of Labor, Economic Democracy Fellow, Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership
New York, NY
2022-2024
Pratt Institute MSc, City & Regional Planning (Urban & Community Planning, MS)
Brooklyn, NY
Thesis: This Space is Not Ours: Understanding Ingersoll Residents’ Struggles to Exert Control Over Public Space
2015-2017
Suffolk University Madrid
Study Abroad Program
2013
Suffolk University, B.A., Marketing Innovation & New Media, Information Systems and Operations Management & E-Commerce Minor
2011-2015
RESEARCH AREAS
political philosophy - gentrification and displacement - housing - cooperative governance and management
CONFERENCES & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Unaffordable Housing: How do states step in?
CSG East Council on Communities of Color (CCC) Equitable Governance Microsummit Series
December 2022
Hunter College, Urban Studies, Guest Lecturer:
Research Methods and Policy Analysis Class
March 2022
Design Your City
Issues of Race & Equity in the Built Environment
January 2021
BlackSpace free [ space ]
(re)learning + remembering abolition
December 2021
Hindsight Conference 2020
De-Centering Whiteness in Planning: Applying Racial Equity Tools
November 2020
EXPERIENCE
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods
Senior Program Manager - Black Homeownership Project
Jan. 2022 - Present
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Senior Policy Analyst, Neighborhood Stabilization
Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2022
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Project Manager, Neighborhood Stabilization
Apr. 2019 - Dec. 2019
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Neighborhood Planner
Jun. 2018 - Apr. 2019
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Field Manager, Zombie Homes Initiative
Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2018
Gehl Institute
Public Life & Public Safety Researcher
Oct. 2016 - Apr. 2017
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Communications Organizer
Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Community Care of Brooklyn x MIT Co Labs
Community Health Researcher
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016
EXPERIENCE
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods
Senior Program Manager - Black Homeownership Project
Jan. 2022 - Present
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Senior Policy Analyst, Neighborhood Stabilization
Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2022
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Project Manager, Neighborhood Stabilization
Apr. 2019 - Dec. 2019
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Neighborhood Planner
Jun. 2018 - Apr. 2019
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Field Manager, Zombie Homes Initiative
Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2018
Gehl Institute
Public Life & Public Safety Researcher
Oct. 2016 - Apr. 2017
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Communications Organizer
Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Community Care of Brooklyn x MIT Co Labs
Community Health Researcher
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Senior Program Manager - Black Homeownership Project
Jan. 2022 - Present
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Senior Policy Analyst, Neighborhood Stabilization
Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2022
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Project Manager, Neighborhood Stabilization
Apr. 2019 - Dec. 2019
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Neighborhood Planner
Jun. 2018 - Apr. 2019
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Field Manager, Zombie Homes Initiative
Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2018
Gehl Institute
Public Life & Public Safety Researcher
Oct. 2016 - Apr. 2017
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Communications Organizer
Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Community Care of Brooklyn x MIT Co Labs
Community Health Researcher
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016