$198M budget and 80 full time employees.

Role:
Third in command for overseeing the department’s budget, programs, and personnel

$193 M budget with 80 full time employees.

Role:
Fiduciary oversight for budget, projects, and personnel as a member of the Board of Directors.

100 acres redevelopment project totaling $198M.

Role:
Project Leader for Hispanic Housing Development Corporation and Co‐Lead with The Community Builders. Responsible for master plan,
resource development, real estate development, community engagement and political alignment.

$2.2M grant program with grantees in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois.

Role:
Director of program responsible for oversight of budget, resource development, program design, and program implementation with 49 grantees.

50 Member City‐wide Collaborative of leadership level partners from the private, non‐profit, and philanthropic sector.

Role:
Oversight of staff, $2M budget, policy agenda, resource development and programs as co‐founder and first co‐chair.

100+ state‐wide professional membership organization.

Role:
President. Responsible for oversight of membership, programs, scholarships, and budget.

10 year, 20 person staff, and serving over 80 families annually nonprofit organization.

Role:
Co‐ Founder and President of the Board of Director responsible for oversight of staff, programs, and budget.

Collaborative Co‐chair and Founding Member
Creation of a city‐wide collaborative on racial equity, health, housing environmental sustainability, and arts and culture in Chicago

Featured Expertise:
Strategic planning, equitable coalition building, and resource alignment.

Senior Program Director
Assessment and delivery of technical assistance to community‐based organizations in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin

Featured Expertise:
Program design, curriculum development, curriculum implementation, project management and project implementation

Real‐Estate Development Manager
Creation and implementation of a comprehensive community revitalization strategy in East Chicago, Indiana.

Featured Expertise:
Urban design, community engagement, residential design and real estate development

Project Leader
Redevelopment of foreclosed homes in various neighborhoods in Chicago

Featured Expertise:
Residential Real‐estate Development

Senior Program Director
Design of grant program, grant management, identification of community needs, collaboration with not‐forprofit organizations, and collaboration with other funders to provide grants in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin

Featured Expertise:
Research, grant program design, and grant management

Chicago Delegate
Development of a multi‐city, cross‐sectoral, equity focused, system‐wide change collaborative in Chicago, San Francisco, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis, and Atlanta

Featured Expertise:
Racial equity, coalition building, strategic planning

Lead Planning Consultant
Creation of a comprehensive community‐based neighborhood plan in Little Village in Chicago, IL

Featured Expertise:
Neighborhood level planning, inclusive community development, multi‐sectoral, asset‐based and strategic implementation planning

Managing Deputy Commissioner for the City of Chicago Department of Housing
Engagement of diverse community stakeholders including elected officials to develop an inclusive and equitable housing policy in Woodlawn

Featured Expertise:
Coalition building, equitable housing policy, inclusive community engagement

Lead Planning Consultant
Development of organizational structure for a new collaboration serving the Chicago Metropolitan Area

Featured Expertise:
Organizational structure, strategic planning and equity

Lead Urban Designer
Design for Benito Juarez High School Plaza and creation of urban pathways within the Pilsen community in Chicago

Featured Expertise:
Community based and culturally relevant Urban design

• American Institute of Certified Planners
• USGBC - LEED AP
• American Planning Association
• Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards – Judge
• Urban Land Institute
• Arquitectos – The Society of Hispanic Professional Architects
• Metropolitan Leadership Institute – Graduate

• Teresa and Hipolito Roldan Fellow
• Chicago Community Trust Fellow
• ULI- Community Vision Trkla Award
• Chicago Neighborhood Development Award

Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
Board of Directors Member

American Institute of Certified Planners
Member

American Planning Association
Member

United States Green Building Council
LEED Accredited Professional

Elevated Chicago
Co‐Founder, First Co‐Chair and Volunteer

Arquitina – Latinas in Architecture Mentor

Arquitectos: The Society of Hispanic Professional Architects
Past‐President, Member

Urban Land Institute School of Real‐Estate
Participant and Trkla AwardWinner

LISC Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
Judge and Award Recipient

Son Chiquitos
Co‐founder and Former President of the Board of Directors

Chicago Community Trust
Fellow

Teresa and Hipolito Roldan
Fellow

LASO, University of Chicago Laboratory School
Committee Co‐Chair

Confeti Games
Founder and Artist

Latinas in Architecture
Contributing Author

Chicago Transit Authority
Board Director

University of Illinois at Chicago
• Master in Urban Planning & Policy
• Bachelor of Arts in Architecture

Harvard University & Bloomberg Philanthropies
City Leadership Initiative

University of Chicago
Civic Leadership Academy

London, England
University of Chicago, Civic Leadership Academy

Copenhagen, Denmark
Chicago Community Trust

Mexico City, Mexico
Chicago Community Trust

Beijing, China
Beijing University

Versailles, France
Ecole D’Architecture de Versailles