Career Highlights

• Served municipal agencies throughout the Bay Area (both as a staff planner and planning consultant) to move forward a wide range of development projects and policy planning efforts.
• Supported affordable housing developers in building homes for underserved populations and working families.
• Began my career with non-profit environmental organizations and learned how to support good land use planning from the grassroots.

Education and Certifications

San Jose State University, Master of Urban Planning

University of California Santa Barbara, B.A. in Environmental Studies and Sociology (double major)

University of California Davis Extension, Certificate in Green Building and Sustainable Design

American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Member

American Planning Association (APA), Member

California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP), Member

About Me

I’ve called the East Bay home for twenty-plus years, but am always drawn further west.  I’ll usually have a trip planned to somewhere along the central coast, and Santa Barbara is my favorite destination.  I’ve met some of my favorite people there!