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Master of Landscape Architecture II | Graduated May 2017
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture | Graduated May 2015 |
Magna Cum Laude
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2021 - Present
Hired as an Associate & project manager in 2021. Since then, I’ve designed and managed several projects throughout the Washington, DC area including two projects that just finished construction. I’ve also recently served as a key member to the design team for two large-scale competitions: a resiliency planning project along the Hudson River in New York City and a Smithsonian project on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
2017 - 2021
Hired as a Design Professional in the Urban Planning Department at HOK. Common responsibilities included masterplanning, mapping, and civic space designs in the U.S. and abroad. I also co-founded the Computational Planning & Urban Design Group for HOK's worldwide practice to utilize. Please contact for any specific work examples.
2016
Hired as a Design intern for an extended summer and winter externship. Was tasked with developing Rhino modeling and graphic presentation standards for the office in addition to helping with construction documentation on a variety of projects in the Midwest.
2015 - 2017
Worked as a librarian and circulation desk assistant at the Harvard Design Library that provides the Graduate School of Design, the larger Harvard University community, and the public with resources for the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning.
2015
Hired as a Design intern to prepare construction documentation, support graphics, and sketches for athletic complexes and University grounds and sports facilities in the New England area.
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2020 - Present (Fall Semester | Graduate Level)
Through the varied lenses of sustainability, performance, cost, and site specificity, this course examines the use, characteristics, and contract documents (details & specifications) of materials commonly used in landscape construction. For the previous two years in the fall, this course has been at the center of an ongoing partnership between the University, Montgomery County Parks Department, and Glenstone Museum featuring a series of graduate-level studio explorations for the future of the Travilah area in Maryland.
Pending (Summer & Winter Term | Graduate & Undergraduate Level)
The digital age has brought with it an increasing diversity of new design toolsets including Building Information Modeling (BIM), and in turn, is contesting conventional design processes. Using Rhino & Grasshopper as a point of departure, this course seeks to help students understand how landscape architects and urban designers, in a variety of professional practice models, can leverage imaginative digital technology to accomplish more efficient, collaborative, and higher quality project delivery.
2020 - Present (Spring Semester | Undergraduate Level)
This course breaks down the increasing diversity of digital tools available to aspiring professionals and provides an understanding of common and emerging workflows in the field of landscape architecture. Students in this undergraduate level course are intended to gain familiarity with workflows within Autocad and with other common modeling software experienced throughout the professional design process
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2020
Great cities are defined by their great streets and open spaces. Yet the very existence of cities has been challenged by effects of the pandemic and climate change. Hosted by the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Brian Jencek and I co-presented several HOK projects that make the case for open spaces within cities.
2018
Acted as workshop co-presenter with Brad Cantrell & Adam Mekies at the ASLA National Conference in Philadelphia. This was a continuation of the original workshop performed in 2017 at the ASLA conference in Los Angeles.
2018
Called upon by the capstone class of the Landscape Architecture program at Cal Poly Pomona to run an interactive workshop focused on mapping drainage patterns and point-source based watersheds for the Georgetown area - the studio's site of focus.
2017
Acted as workshop co-presenter with Brad Cantrell & Adam Mekies at the ASLA National Conference in Los Angeles. Each workshop lesson focused on using the latest open source data and mapping tools to delineate watershed’s through the use of a Digital Elevation Model.
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2019
Acted as a design co-chair for the 2019 Community Build Day - a year long design and planning effort that culminates at a one-day event to enhance an underserved community park / plaza. Work completed while at HOK with other colleagues from the firm.
2012 - 2013
Acted as Project Co-Lead for the award-winning P.E.A.K. House in the international competition for team West Virginia University. Responsible for design and construction of the building's exterior, design and contracting of the green roof, and general procurement of materials and funding for the entire project.
