Résumé

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Education

Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, NY (2008– 2011)
Degree: Masters in City and Regional Planning (3.95 GPA)
Recognition: Pratt Circle Award Winner
Thesis Topic: Community Supported Agriculture as a tool for food justice in Diverse Communities, with Astoria, Queens, New York as a case study.

University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY (2002– 2006, 2007)
Bachelors of Art in Environmental Design (3.7 GPA)
Recognition:  Dean’s List, Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Renaissance Scholar

Planning Projects

Client: La Casa De Don Pedro, Newark, New Jersey (2011)
> Presented final report at meeting of client and stakeholders
> Created Economic Development plan for citing a 40,000+ sq. ft supermarket using historic preservation of industrial buildings and re-appropriating city owned and vacant waterfront properties.

Client: The Community of Sunset Park. Brooklyn, New York (2011)
> Mapped community vulnerabilities using ArcGIS with data collected from first hand site observations, FEMA, the U.S. Census, and Public Use Microdata.

Client: Harvest Astoria Community Supported Agriculture, Queens, NY (2010-2011)
> Managed low-income and community outreach plan
> Developed funding plan for subsidizing shares for low-income community members

Client: El Puente, Brooklyn, NY (2010)
> Authored plan for community intervention to map local food sources using cell phones and GPS technology

Client: Institute for Rational Mobility and Vision 42, Manhattan, NY (2010)
> Collected data on Department of Transportation Plans for 34th street corridor in Manhattan, New York
> Delivered report on feasibility of using the Vision 42 light rail plan along 34th street

Client: The Pratt Center, Brooklyn, NY (2009)
> Attended community meetings and developed a quantitative long term plan for a residential block in Brooklyn to achieve zero carbon footprint
> Created charts and graphs to illustrate impact of individual interventions

Client: Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Bronx, NY. (2008)
> Developed a proposal for expanding greenway access within community
> Used on-site analysis to locate potential sites for new public space or ways to enhance access to already existing public space.

Client: Kindle-LeClaire Wildlife Sanctuary, Amherst, NY (2005-6)
> Developed plan for expanding wildlife sanctuary along abandoned rail line adjacent to interstate highway

Other Planning Skills: ESRI ArcGIS and Google Maps, Fiscal Impact Analysis and Economic Impact Analysis

Work History

Webmaster and Programmer, Student Project Advisor
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning and New Media Lab at the City Unversity of New York Graduate Center: New York, NY (July 2008 – present)
> Implemented blogs for New Media Lab and American Social History Project to increase project’s visibility; trained staff and coordinated posting with students.
> Developed online teacher resource database using Omeka as a platform including two custom built plugins.
> Programmed layouts and CSS wireframes to displayer designer’s designs.
> Customized WordPress installation; modified and wrote custom plugins to handle organization’s website requirements. (examples: Making Objects Speak, ASHP Homepage)
> Coordinated design and content committee meetings
> Wrote technical outlines for organization’s grant proposals
>Advised PhD students performing digital scholarship on options and best practices
> Held training classes on WordPress and Google Maps
> Established and maintained organization’s presence on social networks, with a particular focus on Twitter.

Web Developer
College Relations at Buffalo State College: Buffalo, NY (October 2006 – June 2008)
> Taught weekly training sessions for staff on the campus Content Management System (Ingeniux), website statistic analysis (Urchin and Google Statistics) and Gallery.
> Built a custom content management system for a weekly online magazine using PHP, MySQL, HTML, XML and XSLT.
> Handled all technical support via phone and e-mail for website management
> Wrote and implemented five year plan for campus web servers and support

Lead Programmer, Assistant Manager of IT
Campus Dining and Shops at the University of Buffalo: Buffalo, NY (August 2002 – September 2006)
> Maintained content and security for 5 internet and 1 intranet sites
> Programmed and designed website advertisement management system using PHP and MySQL
>Designed accessible and user friendly website for Campus Dining and Shops* using PHP, MySQL, CSS and HTML.
> Programmed components of online bakery order system, meal plan purchasing, recipe card printing and other online dining services
> Developed and implemented intranet IT inventory management system
> Performed on site repairs and remote technical support for five different end user point of sale systems

Freelance Work

Writer and Contributor for Zine-Zine.com and TheGinisIn.com (2009 – present)
Digital Promoter  and Webmaster, MikeGormanmusic.com and Applewood Records (2009-2010)
Artist and Musician for hire, Fiverr.com (2010)
Contributor, Brijit.com (2008)
Programmer and computer technician, Simple E Business  (2004-2006)
Programmer, webmaster and Graphic Designer, Digitalis Design (1999-2007)
Abbreviated list of clients for freelance work*: Gentle Dentistry of East Aurora, St. Andrew’s Country Day School, Premier Gourmet, Pearl Street Grill and Brewery, “Ask Ada Lovelace,”

Volunteer Work

Community Organizer, CSA Core Member, Harvest Astoria (2010-2011)
Volunteer , North Brooklyn Compost Project (2009)
Instructor, University at Buffalo (2006-2007)

Skills

*links provided, though sites have been re-designed since original work was performed. For pictures of work performed, please see my portfolio page.