EDUCATION
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)
Cambridge, MA | 2015 - 2018
- Master in Urban Planning — Concentration in Urban Analytics
- Thesis: Retrofitting the Plan: Mitigating future floods through comprehensive land acquisition planning in Houston, TX
- Relevant Coursework:
- Landscape Representation I [Cartographic Principles] (AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe CC)
- Quantitative & Qualitative Methods
- Mapping: Geographic Representation and Speculation (Processing [Java-based], ESRI ArcMap, Rhino, Adobe CC)
- Introduction to GIS (ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 10.x)
- Introduction to Computer Science I (C, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Mapping II: Geosimulation (Processing, ESRI ArcMap)
- Fundamentals of Spatial Database Management (SQL)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, MA | 2011 - 2015
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Environmental)
- Capstone Project: Inorganic Contaminants in the Sediments of the Malden River: Distributions and Associated Risk
- Relevant Coursework:
- Uncertainty in Engineering
DESIGN + PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Outdoor Recreation Planner, National Park Service (NPS)
Philadelphia, PA | Aug 2020 - Present
- Provide assistance to local communities and governments with outdoor recreation and conservation projects
- Selected Project Highlights:
Outdoor Recreation Planner, National Park Service (NPS)
Lakewood, CO | Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
- Assist with park planning efforts across various National Park units
- Selected Project Highlights:
- Work with internal GIS team to develop innovative and custom geospatial products and visualizations for park facility data using Excel and ESRI ArcGIS Online visualization tools
- Independently created an ESRI ArcGIS Online map for Salem Maritime NHS in order for park staff and potential partners to collect data on climate change impacts along the historic wharves
- Collaboratively developed an internally shared ESRI Story Map for Acadia National Park that communicated the park’s 5-year and beyond facility investment plan
Young Leader in Climate Change Intern, NPS
Salem, MA | Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
- Developed a monitoring strategy for documenting climate change impacts on the historic wharves and waterfront of Salem Maritime National Historic Site
- Selected Project Highlights:
- Utilized GIS data from multiple sources, such as NOAA, USACE, and FEMA to create thematic maps on the flooding vulnerabilities of Salem Maritime NHS, which aided in constructing an informal impact analysis for the historic structures of the site.
- Created a series of informative maps representing the temporal change (and lack of change) of cultural resources at Salem Maritime NHS
Greenways Initiative Intern, Mystic River Watershed Assoc.
Arlington, MA | May 2016 - Jul 2016
- Evaluated the use and visual representation of riverside parks along the Mystic River across different towns
- Selected Project Highlights:
- Collaboratively created a series of Mystic Greenways maps using ArcGIS and Adobe Creative Suite software (Illustrator) from a combination of spatial data available from the State of Massachusetts that clearly represented three scales of scope for the Mystic River Greenways Initiative
- Provided technical guidance with the use of Quantum GIS (QGIS) as a free geospatial software alternative for the organization
Designing the Parks Intern, NPS
Boston, MA | Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
- Assigned and contributed to ongoing cultural landscape inventories and reports
- Selected Project Highlights:
- Surveyed trees, by inspection, at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site and its neighboring parcel and updated the vegetation plan using AutoCAD Map and Adobe Illustrator under the cartographic standards of the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (OCLP)
Engineering Intern, Westward Environmental Inc.
Boerne, TX | May 2014 - Jul 2014
- Reviewed local, state and federal environmental ordinances to determine compliance of projects
- Selected Project Highlights:
- Surveyed trees on company grounds by collecting GPS data in the field using the Trimble equipment and creating a new, more reliable GIS dataset
- Utilized Google Earth to visualize the spatial data and produce an updated tree map to inform future development decisions
PRESENTATIONS
Retrofitting the Plan: Mitigating future floods through comprehensive land acquisition planning in Houston, TX, At What Point Managed Retreat? Building Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone, The Earth Institute - Columbia University, New York, NY. June 21, 2019.
Climate Change and Salem Maritime NHS, National Park Service Public Meeting, Salem, MA. August 16, 2017.
SKILLS / INTERESTS
- Expert In: Microsoft Office 365, Public Speaking, Workshop Facilitation
- Skilled In: Adobe Creative Cloud, ESRI Products (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online)
- Actively Learning: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, QGIS, SQL