resume
experience
2022
ARCHITECT
Union Studio Architecture & Community Design
Providence, RI
Served as lead designer and team member on supportive and affordable housing, mixed-use, and civic projects
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Designed and executed various marketing efforts, including signage, the firm website, and Requests for Proposals
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As member of EP committee, led diversity and equity efforts including AAPI Book Club and Juneteenth celebrations. Assisted with the office Sustainability Action Plan and Energy Modeling Workflow group
2022
DESIGNER
BACK4D Creative
Hartland, MI (remote)
Provided design support and modeling and rendering expertise for residential and small commercial projects
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Assisted in brand creation and business model
2021
DESIGN INTERN - UNITED IN DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP
Union Studio Architecture & Community Design
Providence, RI
Researched and prepared a Best Practices Guide for supportive housing for adults with autism spectrum condition
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Supported the design team through design development on a residential duplex and group housing units for a supportive housing for adults with ASC on Martha’s Vinyard
2020
DESIGN INTERN
Forward Design Build
Ann Arbor, MI
Prepared marketing and presentation drawings
Visited job sites and photographed in-progress projects
Updated company website and portfolio using Squarespace and Custom CSS code
2019
DESIGN INTERN
Createur Studio (now X-Identity)
Ann Arbor, MI
Prepared 3D models for renderings and presentations
Researched materials and fixtures for residential design projects
Prepared presentation and competition drawings and packages
education
2020-2022
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Master of Architecture
Providence, RI
As a graduate student, I received a RISD Fellowship for academic studies. Additionally, I worked as a Graduate Assistant at the Arts & Language Center and as a GA for a SEED-IN grant, “Here there be Dragons”, with Professor Jess Meyers on a podcast focused on cities and surveillance and for “Heterogenous Constructions”, with Professors Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis on a book exploring vernacular traditional and contemporary heterogeneous construction techniques.
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My thesis project and book “Youkoso Tokyo: Guide to a New Cybercity” received an Architecture Department Thesis Award.
2016-2020
LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERISTY
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Southfield. MI
While a student at LTU, I served as Vice President of our American Institute of Architecture Students, Secretary of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students, and was a member of Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society.
2012 - 2016
HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Hartland, MI
While a student at HHS, I was a co-captain of the Varsity Golf Team, active member of Optimist Club and the National Honor Society, and a Top Ten Graduating Senior.