CVEDUCATIONUniversity of california, berkeleyM.L.A. Landscape Architecture | 2016
Combustible Landscapes B.S. Society & Environment | 2009 B.A. Integrative Biology The restoration of native flora following Eucalyptus globulus removal in the East Bay Hills of Northern California Minor in Forestry & Natural Resources Minor in Public Policy University of California, Santa CruzPROFESSIONAL experienceNECTARPrincipal | April 2022 - present
Los Angeles, CA RIOSProject Designer | Dec 2019 - March 2022
Los Angeles, CA Garden of Reciprocity - Chaumont-sur-Loire, France Echelon Studios - Los Angeles, CA Universal Plaza Activation - Tigard, OR Social Impact Initiative at RIOS (council member, business development & operations) JERDESenior Landscape Designer | March 2019 - Nov 2019
Los Angeles, CA RIOS CLEMENTI HALE STUDIOSDesigner | Sept 2017 - March 2019
Los Angeles, CA Towards a Playful City - Los Angeles, CA Playa District - Los Angeles, CA Robertson Lane - West Hollywood, CA 1500 Quail - Newport Beach, CA Horton Plaza - San Diego, CA Paramount Pictures - Los Angeles, CA The Park - San Diego, CA DOCO - Sacramento, CA Drake Bridge Commons - Austin, TX joni l. janecki & associatesDesign Associate | Sept 2016 - Sept 2017
Santa Cruz, CA First Street Green - Los Altos Community Investments, Los Altos Healing Courtyards - Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz Farm Park - Santa Cruz County Capitola Library - Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Santa Cruz Felton Library - Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Santa Cruz University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor | Aug 2014 - May 2016
(LD ARCH 134A) Drawing Workshop I, Professor Walter Hood (LD ARCH 134A) Drawing Workshop I, Tim Mollette-Parks (ESPM 105A-D) Forestry, Various Professors (ESPM C159) Human Diet, Professor Katharine Milton Graduate Student Researcher | Jan - May 2015 (ENV DES 4A) Activism and Design, Professors Walter Hood, Professor Ron Rael Cultural Practice Lab, Professor Walter Hood Design + Construction Lead | Jun - Sept 2014 Carrizo Plain Ecosystem Project, Professor Justin Brashares Christiansen Associates gardens + DesignHorticulturist | Dec 2011 - Aug 2013
Santa Cruz, CA Curtis Horticulture, Inc.Horticulturist | Oct 2011 - Feb 2012
San Jose, CA Independent ContractsConsultant Draftsperson | Apr - May 2016
Eastford, Connecticut Yale-Myers Forest Orchard Gardener | Jun 2006 - Aug 2013 Berkeley, San Francisco, San Jose, Aptos, CA Horticultural Instructor | Feb - Aug 2012 San Francisco, CA Lifecrowd University of California, BerkeleyResearch Assistant | Feb - Dec 2010
Biological control research in N. CA vineyards Altieri Agroecology Lab, Albie Miles and Houston Wilson Instructor | Jan - May 2009 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Preparation Lab Curatorial Assistant | May 2010 - May 2011 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Natural History Archives Research Assistant | May - Sept 2008 McBride Urban Forestry Lab, Professor Joe McBride Research Assistant | Aug 2007 - May 2008 Sousa Community Ecology Lab, Professor Andrea Swei Research Assistant | 2006 Power Lab - Riparian Ecology Research, Professor Mary Power awards2016 ASLA Student Honor Award in Communications
2016 Farrand Research Grant 2016 Thomas Church Memorial Design Competition (1st) 2015 Thomas Church Memorial Design Competition (1st) 2015 Vertical Cities Asia Design Competition (2nd) 2015 Farrand Fund Grant 2015 Big Ideas@Berkeley Competition (1st) 2015 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2015 EcoFarm Scholarship 2013 California Landscape Contractors Association (Central Coast) Maintenance Award Publications & PresentationsTowards A Playful City | 2019
In collaboration with Vicki Li, Yun Shi, and Asami Morita RIOS Research Initiative Wheel Throwing | 2019 Assembly Blog Fire Walk: Resilience and Recovery in the Wildland Urban Interface | 2018 LALA (Los Angeles Landscape Architects) Field Tour in collaboration with Brendan Kempf Kinetic Fields | 2017 In collaboration with Micaela Bazo Ground Up Journal, Issue 6: Process University of California, Berkeley Combustible Landscapes | 2016 Masters thesis University of California, Berkeley Imagining the Third Nation | 2016 In collaboration with Professor Michael Dear, Story Wiggins, and Michelle Hook Ground Up Journal, Issue 5: Delineations University of California, Berkeley Acupuncturing Changlong Village | 2015 In collaboration with South China University of Technology, Professor Marco Cenzatti, Ettore Santi, Annabell Hua, Carlos Martinez-Horta, Brooke Jones, Katie McKnight, Zoe Roller, Jacob Rosen, Phirak Suon University of California, Berkeley The restoration of native flora following Eucalyptus globulus removal in the East Bay Hills of Northern California | 2009 2009 UC Berkeley Fire Committee meeting 2012 Society of American Foresters conference poster session The distribution and role of an invasive plant species, Lantana camara, in disturbed roadside habitats in Mo'orea, French Polynesia | 2007 University of California, Berkeley Skills & LANGUAGESDigitalAutoCAD + Land F/X | advanced
Revit | novice Rhino + VRAY | advanced Lumion | advanced Adobe Suite | advanced ArcMap GIS | novice Horticulturepropagation | intermediate
plant selection | advanced irrigation systems design | intermediate landscape maintenance | advanced aesthetic pruning | advanced ecologyforest measurements | intermediate
vegetation surveys | intermediate entomology surveys | intermediate wildlife surveys | novice macro-invertebrate stream surveys | novice languageEnglish | native
Chinese (Mandarin) | limited working proficiency French | elementary proficiency academic travelLandWorks Design Workshop | 2015
Argentiera, Sardinia, Italy Vertical Cities Asia | 2015 Singapore WWOOFING Farm Worker Exchange | 2009 Hualien, Taiwan GWB | 2008 Corralito, Honduras Gump Research Station | 2007 Mo'orea, French Polynesia EXTRACURRICULAR & Community ServiceVolunteer | 2017
Santa Cruz, CA Museum of Art & History Editorial Staff | 2014, 2016 Berkeley, CA Ground Up Journal Academic Committee Member | 2013-2016 American Society of Landscape Architects @Berkeley Volunteer, Garden Maintenance | 2013-2016 Santa Cruz, CA Life Lab Garden Classroom Member | 2007-2012 Society of American Foresters Volunteer, Garden Design | 2011 San Jose, CA Valley Verde Volunteer, Garden Design | 2010 El Monte, CA EarthWorks Farm & Community Garden Board of Directors, Fundraising Committee | 2009-2010 Berkeley, CA Berkeley Student Food Collective Tutor | 2009 San Quentin State Prison, CA Teach In Prison Goldman School of Public Policy |
