Senior Housing Policy Specialist (August 2024 - Present)
Housing Proactive Preservation

Innovative Projects Analyst (February 2024 - July 2024)
Data & Innovation

Sacramento, California

As a basic human need, housing is one of the most important parts of any community, and how we plan for housing has wide reaching impacts on the environment, education, health, and the economy. HCD plays a critical role in the housing-planning process, which was designed to ensure that communities plan housing that meet the needs of everyone in California's communities. HCD works with each of the 538 regions to determine their housing needs, and then reviews every city and county's housing plan (the housing element of the general plan) to determine whether or not the plan complies with state law.

HCD helps to provide stable, safe homes affordable to veterans, seniors, young families, farm workers, people with disabilities, and individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Hester Street is an urban planning, design and community development nonprofit working so that neighborhoods are shaped by their people.

• New York City, New York

• Project management and budgeting of local and federal, urban and rural-based projects with a focus on community-based planning

• Facilitating the research and design of workshops, programming and public trainings

• Managing the writing and editing of publications related to land use and public housing in NYC

• Projects include: American Rescue Plan, New York City Housing Authority, NYC Racial Justice Commission, Together We Thrive: Black Business Network

• New York City, New York

• Developing community engagement strategies with local community boards, advocate on behalf of New York City residents on land use matters, communicating with elected officials during the public reviews process

• Engaging multiple stakeholders, electeds, and departments on high-profile projects in community affairs

• Projects: East Side Coastal Resiliency, SoHo/NoHo Rezoning, 250 Water St, Religious Facilities Land Use Guide

• Tracking, evaluating and making recommendations on land use and historic preservation applications to the NYC Planning Commission and the Landmarks Preservation Commission

• New York City, New York

• Developed reports and press releases on AAPI citizenship, affordable housing, education and Census 2020 in NYC.

• New York City, New York

• Researched and wrote an UNISDR publication on cultural heritage preservation that was presented at the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador (2016).

• New York City, New York

• In-house country analysis for the consultation of political trends and their risks/impacts on foreign investment.

• New York City, New York

• Researched domestic and international urban planning policies to draft architectural competition proposals, agreements, and contracts for over 40 projects.

• New York City, New York

• Conducted site visits and interviews with small business owners for the writing and research of two reports detailing NYC’s library infrastructure, education policy, and workforce development programs.

• New York City, New York

• Composed and translated documents for USCIS applications and affidavits for visas and family reunification in the H1-B and E-2 categories.

• San Francisco, California

• Led in the design and research process of a “Pro Se Manual” to aid survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) through U.S. citizenship processing procedures.

• Washington, D.C.

• Conducted research on foreign policy financing initiatives

• Berkeley, California

• Administrative Assistant duties