New York City Metropolitan Area
I'm a recent Virginia Tech graduate and incoming Master of City Planning student at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. I am passionate about transportation systems and the role they play in shaping opportunity, physical and mental health and wellbeing, economic development, and quality of life. My professional interests span active transportation, aviation, transit planning, passenger rail, and transportation policy. I aim to be a steward what I call pragmatic urbanism: advancing walkable, bikeable, and transit-accessible communities through practical, politically achievable improvements. Whether through road diets, protected bike lanes, pedestrian infrastructure, traffic calming, transit-oriented development, or expanded transit service, I am interested in solutions that deliver meaningful benefits while earning broad public support. I am particularly interested in the planning, design, and operation of transportation networks at many scales, whether it be at the neighborhood scale and implementing urbanist interventions, regional transit systems bolstered by TOD, or airports, airline networks, and national transportation infrastructure. My goal is to help create transportation systems that are efficient, resilient, and broadly accessible while strengthening the communities and economies they serve.
• Conducted research and aggregated data for a project analyzing Nobel Prize laureates • Assisted in the development of a comprehensive dataset covering more than 1,000 Nobel Prize laureates • Utilized Microsoft Excel, prompt engineering with ChatGPT, and scholarly journal articles to compile and organize data
• Set up branded retail displays at regional lacrosse tournaments across the Northeast • Handled all point-of-sale transactions via multiple payment methods and assisted with inventory and breakdown • Delivered excellent customer service by pitching products, addressing inquiries, and maintaining professional brand presence in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Conducted a research project alongside two other undergraduate students and a PhD candidate for public stakeholders in Prince George County, VA, estimating the effect of the county’s utility-scale solar facilities on house prices using hedonic price models, with findings to be presented at the Virginia Tech Summer Research Symposium • Learned and applied data wrangling techniques in R and ArcGIS Pro to ensure valid and statistically significant regression results • Used R Shiny to create an interactive and accessible web app for the public to view and comprehend our findings • Published in the December 2025 Issue of Land Use Policy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107796) • Completed 6 credits of unrelated coursework during the duration of this internship
• Supported course operations and student learning throughout the semester for the First Year Experience (FYE) in Economics course • Maintained consistent communication with course instructor and faculty supervisor regarding grading and student progress • Evaluated student work in accordance with course standards and expectations • Contributed to a supportive and constructive learning environment for first-year students
• Analyzed numerous data points gathered by automated processes, identified common issues among results, and worked to develop actionable insights to improve accuracy from 70% to 95% • Prompt engineering with ChatGPT to further improve algorithm accuracy • Lead multiple projects while coordinating with 10+ data interns and the Entrio data team • Gained knowledge on many topics in data science and worked with Excel daily