Overview

Senior Planner at Middlesex County Office of Planning. Experience in municipal and county planning, landscape design, master planning, and redevelopment studies. Interests include sustainable design, bicycle, and pedestrian planning, place-making, and the creation of affordable and equitable public spaces for all.

 

Education

 

2020-2021 | Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

MCRP: Master of City and Regional Planning

Concentration: Urban Design and Transportation Planning

 

2016 - 2020 | B.S. Urban Planning and Design |

Summa Cum Laude| Rutgers University | New Brunswick NJ

Major: Urban Planning and Design

Minor: Visual Arts

Cumulative GPA: 3.863/4.00

 

2012-2016 | Old Bridge High School

Graduated: 2016

 

 

Work Experience

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Senior Planner, Middlesex County Office of Planning | July 2021-Present

Works on multiple functional plans for the County's D2040 Strategic Master Plan, including the ROW plan, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, Vision Zero, and Land Development Standards. Also participates in land development review, and project manages local safety projects to receive federal funding.

 

Landscape Designer at Let It Grow, Inc. | OCT 2020-Present

Creates designs for landscape and construction projects across the New York Metropolitan Area. Additional duties include cost estimations, tree-tagging, and the production of graphics for the marketing team.

 

Teaching Assistant | Rutgers University | SEP 2020-Present

Assists graphics professor with the graphics courses offered at Rutgers Bloustein School for their Undergraduate Urban Planning and Design Program.

 

Assistant Township Planner, Old Bridge Township, NJ — JUN 2019- OCT 2020
Assists head planner in development plan applications, reviews, memos, and compliance letters, redevelopment plans, design-oriented projects, ordinance revisions, and grant applications.

Intern, Tokarski Millemann Architects, LLC; Brick, NJ — Summer 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017, Winter 2018
Designed and edited residential and commercial floor plans, elevations, and roof and electrical plans in AutoCAD. Also, participated in field measures.

 

Projects

TRENTON RECONNECTED: Perry Street and the D&R Canal

As a student in Charles T. Brown’s graduate planning course, delivered a proposal to the City of Trenton, Michael Baker International, and NJDOT. Our proposal included the revitalization of the undeveloped towpath, as well as a street redesign in the heart of the state’s capital. 

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View the live recorded presentation here

 

PANDEMIC PLANNING - OLD BRIDGE TEMPORARY OUTDOOR DINING PERMIT

Created the temporary outdoor dining permit containing general regulations and application requirements specific to COVID19. Also reviewed all applications with the Township Planner and Zoning Officer and issued incompleteness, denial, and approval letters.

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OLD BRIDGE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE PAGE

Maintained the Planning Department Website page by designing the layout, making documents and maps accessible to the public, and updated the planning and zoning board pages.

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OLD BRIDGE MIDPOINT REVIEW

Aided in layout, design, research, and writing of Old Bridge's Midpoint Review document. 

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ELLIS ISLAND REHABILITATION PLAN - MAY 2019
Presented my rehabilitation/redevelopment plan for Ellis Island to the Save Ellis Island Board to give them suggestions and design ideas for recreating a use for the
island in the 21st century.

RED BANK, NJ REDEVELOPMENT PLAN - DECEMBER 2018
Presented my redevelopment plan for the Monmouth Street Corridor to the Red Bank Mayor, Business Administrator, and Councilmen and woman to provide
them with design ideas for a new main street connecting the two theaters in the borough.