Education
Master of Science (MS) in Urban and Community Planning. Pratt Institute | Expected 2026
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Liberal Arts. Minors: Urban Studies, Capitalism Studies. The New School | 2022
Bachelor of Science (BS, incomplete). Stony Brook University SUNY | 2019-2020
Associate of Arts (AA). Bard High School Early College Queens | 2019
Previous Professional Experience
Research Fellow at Havana Studio, Pratt Institute | January 2023 - February 2024
Editorial Intern at Untapped New York | January - July 2022
Urban Science and Climate Editor at The New School's Urban Systems Lab | January 2021 - June 2021
Volunteering
Volunteer at community bookstore Librería Barco de Papel Comunitaria | September 2022 - Present
Youth Coordinator at Proyecto Akokán in Havana, Cuba | Summer 2022
Co-Chair of Outreach Committee at Western Queens Community Land Trust | November 2019 - Present
Canvasser with Shekar Krishnan for NY City Council | Summer 2021
Publications
"THE HISTORY OF NYC’S LAST SPANISH-LANGUAGE BOOKSTORE" Untapped Cities. November 2023. https://untappedcities.com/2023/11/16/new-yorks-last-spanish-language-bookstore/
“THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF NEW YORK’S ‘FLYING BOATS’” Untapped Cities. June 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/06/14/new-york-flying-boats/
“SEE THE FREIGHT TRACKS THAT COULD BECOME THE INTERBOROUGH EXPRESS” Untapped Cities. May 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/05/31/the-interborough-express-brooklyn-and-queens/
“INSIDE NYC’S LITTLE-KNOWN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUILDING” Untapped Cities. May 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/05/05/department-of-education-building-nyc/
“PEEK INSIDE NYC’S SURROGATE’S COURTHOUSE, A BEAUX-ARTS MASTERPIECE” Untapped Cities. May 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/05/03/inside-surrogates-courthouse-nyc/
“INSIDE LENAPEHOKING, THE FIRST LENAPE-CURATED EXHIBITION IN NYC” Untapped Cities. April 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/04/06/lenapehoking-exhibition-lenape/
“THE HISTORY OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD” Untapped Cities. April 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/04/05/history-long-island-rail-road/
“TOP 10 SECRETS OF KEW GARDENS, QUEENS” Untapped Cities. March 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/03/09/secrets-kew-gardens-queens/
“TOP 10 SECRETS OF CORONA, QUEENS” Untapped Cities. February 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/02/23/secrets-corona-queens/
“THE STORIED PAST OF NYC’S FEDERAL ARCHIVE BUILDING” Untapped Cities. February 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/02/15/nyc-federal-archive-building-storied-past/
“NYC’S FISHS EDDY IS ‘THE SMALLEST MUSEUM WITH THE BIGGEST GIFT SHOP’” Untapped Cities. February 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/02/04/nyc-fishs-eddy/
“THE FORGOTTEN HALF OF NYC’S HIGH LINE” Untapped Cities. January 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/01/27/forgotten-half-nycs-high-line/
“AT NYC’S HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA, INTERIOR DEMOLITION HAS BEGUN” Untapped Cities. January 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/01/31/interior-demolition-hotel-pennsylvania/
“TODAY IN 1915: AMERICA’S FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL TELEPHONE CALL TAKES PLACE IN NYC” Untapped Cities. January 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/01/25/americas-first-intercontinental-telephone-call/
“NYC’S BEAUX-ARTS 96TH STREET SUBSTATION WILL BE DEMOLISHED” Untapped Cities. January 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2022/01/20/96th-street-substation-will-be-demolished/
“SAY GOODBYE TO THE HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA — DEMOLITION PREP IS UNDERWAY” Untapped Cities. November 2022. https://untappedcities.com/2021/11/16/hotel-pennsylvania-demolition/
“Sea Level Rise and Flood Vulnerability on the Western Queens Waterfront: How Community Land Trusts May Support Longer-term Resilience in Western Queens” Resilience. September 2021. https://medium.com/resilience/sea-level-rise-and-flood-vulnerability-on-the-western-queens-waterfront-how-community-land-trusts-2df4f1dc2d20?source=collection_home---------21----------------------------
“Imagining Collective Ownership: Community Land Trusts versus Amazon’s HQ2” Resilience. September 2021. https://medium.com/resilience/imagining-collective-ownership-community-land-trusts-versus-amazons-hq2-de400ebf5555?source=collection_home---------20----------------------------
Awards
Cooperative Leader and Scholar at the Cooperative Development Foundation & NCBA/CLUSA’s annual Cooperative IMPACT Conference | October 2022
Waterfront Scholar at The Waterfront Alliance’s 15th annual Waterfront Conference | May 2022
Outstanding Academic Achievement Graduation Award at The New School | May 2022
Dean's Scholarship at The New School | 2020-2022
Academic Program Scholarship at SUNY Stony Brook | 2019-2020
Academic Scholarship at SUNY Stony Brook | 2019-2020
Dean's List at SUNY Stony Brook | 2019-2020
Presidential Scholarship at SUNY Stony Brook | 2019-2020
University Scholar at SUNY Stony Brook | Top 5% of students academically university-wide | 2019-2020
Conferences
5-2-23 | Research Initiative for the Sustainable Development of Cuba (RISDOC). Hosted by the Fundación Antonio Nuñez Jimenez and the Environmental Defence Fund. Havana, Cuba.
10-26-22 | National Cooperative Conference. Participated as a Cooperative Leader and Scholar through the National Cooperative Business Association’s (NCBA) scholarship program. Washington D.C., USA.
5-24-22 | 15th annual Waterfront Conference. Participated as a Waterfront Scholar through The Waterfront Alliance’s scholarship program. New York, USA.
Languages
English: native fluency
Spanish: working professional proficiency