Resume

Experience & education

Eight years of transportation and urban planning experience, backed by a foundation in geodesign, community engagement, and civic leadership.

NUE Urban Concepts — Remote

Senior Transportation Planner & GIS Lead

January 2026 – Present

Lead GIS and graphic design tasks (report layouts, visualizations, renderings, maps) for transportation and mobility planning, land use planning, and impact fees and mobility fees for small- and medium-sized cities across the state of Florida. Participate in stakeholder meetings and community engagement initiatives. Gather, manipulate, and analyze data to assist principal planners with the development of masterplans, mobility plans, comprehensive plan amendments, and impact and mobility fees.

Transportation Planner

March 2024 – January 2026

Designed visually appealing and informative Mobility Plan documents for local jurisdictions across the state of Florida. Designed 2D and 3D renderings and visualizations for proposed multimodal improvements that enhance roadway safety and connectivity. Performed GIS analyses and designed maps that communicate plans effectively. Worked proactively and independently as part of a small team.

NUE Urban Concepts (NUC) is a boutique urban planning firm that specializes in creatively integrating mobility, land use, parking, and funding to reach a vision of livability. NUC works with both local governments and private developers throughout Florida to enhance mobility and land use practices by offering a broad range of planning services, including Visioning, Mobility Plans and Mobility Fees, Traffic Impact Analysis, Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Rezoning, Development Plan Approval, Land Development Regulation updates, Parking Studies, Impact Fees, Concurrency Evaluations, and Developer Agreements.

Transportation Planner

Urbe Studio — Remote

January 2023 – March 2026

Drafted roadway re-designs, wayfinding signage, and quick-build projects using AutoCAD and Adobe. Built and designed data visualizations and maps using GIS, Excel, and Adobe. Performed data research and analysis.

Urbe Studio is an award-winning community planning firm that provides transportation planning and urban design & visioning services. Urbe's focus is on context-sensitive design, placemaking, facilitation of public & stakeholder engagement processes, and task coordination. It integrates transportation and land use planning to produce integrated and innovative solutions that achieve sustainable community goals — where transportation enhances and supports, rather than burdens, a community's quality of life.

Transportation Analyst

Kittelson and Associates — Washington, DC

January 2020 – December 2021

I assisted transportation planners and engineers using GIS, CAD, Sketchup, and Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign to produce reports, graphics, and presentations for corridor studies, small area plans, and multi-modal design projects that improve safety, operations, and quality of life.

Kittelson is a diverse and interconnected group of people in 25+ offices across the United States who care deeply about finding effective, sustainable and equitable transportation solutions for clients — and by extension, for communities. I worked primarily in the Northeast and Florida regions.

City of Gainesville Dept. of Strategic Initiatives — Gainesville, FL

GIS Specialist

August 2019 – December 2019

Assisted the Data and Performance Analyst with the maintenance of the city's Open Data Program. Presented and reported the program's progress at City Commission and Planning Board meetings. Collaborated with different city departments to gather, analyze, and publish new datasets.

Senior Management Fellow

August 2018 – August 2019

Prepared maps and visualizations to assist the City Manager's office with prioritization and decision making. Organized and prepared presentation materials for City Commission meetings.

Shared Mobility Intern

City of Oakland Dept. of Transportation — Oakland, CA

June 2018 – August 2018

Analyzed the use of bikeshare, scootershare, and carshare in the City of Oakland using GIS and presented findings to community stakeholders using written and visual materials. Worked jointly with OakDOT and the Office of Sustainability to draft Oakland's first Zero Emission Vehicle Action Plan. Researched and analyzed existing policies and strategies for electric vehicle adoption in the SF Bay Area. Assisted senior planning staff with the drafting of a new scootershare ordinance and data sharing standard.

Digital Services Fellow

City of Gainesville Dept. of Strategic Initiatives — Gainesville, FL

August 2017 – May 2018

Researched and analyzed the adoption of a citywide bus stop shelter build-out program. Independently created a custom webGIS application to support the new Gainesville Business Portal. Designed a prototype wayfinding map for a bus stop shelter using Adobe Illustrator.

University of Florida

August 2016 – May 2019

B.Sc. in Sustainability and the Built Environment, Summa Cum Laude
Geodesign Specialization
Landscape Architecture Minor

Broward College — Robert "Bob" Elmore Honors College

August 2013 – May 2016

Associate in Arts

President

Students for New Urbanism at UF

August 2017 – May 2019

Educated hundreds of multidisciplinary students about city planning best practices to improve communities by instituting walkability, bike friendliness, residential density and mixed-use development. Planned and led 6 general body meetings, 1 field trip and 4 community service events per semester. Designed outreach material such as the organization's website, biweekly newsletters and 2 video promotions. Independently designed and published 2 pedestrian and bicycle wayfinding maps for the university's campus.

Treasurer & Ambassador

UF College of Design, Construction and Planning

August 2018 – May 2019

Collaborated with students, alumni, external stakeholders and the college's senior administrative staff. Kept track of the organization's finances. Led guided tours of the college's facilities.

Representative

Student Advisory Council for Undergraduate Affairs

January 2018 – May 2019

Nominated by the College of Design, Construction and Planning's senior staff to represent it university-wide. Helped with the design of a new faculty evaluation form and a new web-based student engagement platform.

President

Phi Theta Kappa MuMu Chapter

August 2015 – May 2016

Supervised multiple tasks including 15 general body meetings, 2 community service projects and 6 campus events. Created content for the chapter's social media accounts, weekly newsletters and website. Organized all of the organization's files and kept track of all 6 vice presidents' work.

Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training: Miami

September 28–30, 2015

Attended the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training with Vice President Al Gore in Miami, Florida. Learned about the basics of climate science and how to effectively communicate its problems and solutions.

Youth Outreach & Leadership Intern

World Council of Peoples for the United Nations

March 2015 – April 2015

Engaged with 150 college students and 50 professionals at the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations' 2015 Climate Change & Water Youth Forum at the University of Miami. Brought on board the consuls of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and France, world-renowned scientists, filmmakers, and the Dean of the College of Communication at the University of Miami.

Program Assistant

Environmental Coalition of Miami & the Beaches

February 2015 – April 2015

Selected 10 documentaries for the 4th Annual Miami & the Beaches Environmental Film Festival. Independently created and published a Snapchat geo-filter. Effectively communicated the Festival's program to 20 colleges and universities in South Florida and New York.

Corresponding Secretary

CLEO Institute

August 2014 – June 2015

Took meeting minutes and managed internal and external communications within the organization. Engaged elementary school students with paper recycling activities at Pinecrest Gardens' 2015 Annual Earth Day Festival.

Community Coach

Greenpeace Miami

July 2012 – December 2015

Planned and kept track of national and international "solar energy" and "Arctic drilling" campaigns in Miami, Florida. Communicated with City of Miami Beach Commissioners and Broward College President and Provost to find short and long term solutions for sea level rise in South Florida. Featured as one of the top 3 national activists in Greenpeace Greenwire's video by Greenpeace USA.