2014 MLA in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2009 BA in Creative Writing and Environmental Studies, Oberlin, Oberlin, OH
AWARDS & HONORS
2021-2022 Berggruen Fellow, USC Dornsife Center on Science, Technology and Public Life
2020 Artist in Residence, Buckminster Fuller Institute, San Francisco, CA
2020 Fellowship, European Futures Observatory, London, UK
2018 Grand Prize Winner MIT Climate Colab, Boston, MA
2017 Fellow, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017 Finalist, SOLVE Sustainable Urban Communities Challenge, NYC, NY
2017 Finalist, MIT Anticipating Climate Hazards Competition, Boston, MA
2016 Fellow, Market Street Prototyping Festival, San Francisco, CA
2015 Fellow, Good Design, San Francisco, CA
2014 ASLA Student Merit Award, NCC Chapter, San Francisco, CA
2013 Fellow, Farrand Fund Fellowship, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2013 ASLA Student Communication Award, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2012 Fellow, Bansner Fellowship, Berkeley, CA
2012 UC Berkeley Continuing Grant, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2011 UC Berkeley University Grant, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2011 Finalist, Design for a Better World, RISD and Brown University, Providence, RI
EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2020 Climate Stories, Design Science Studio Summit, San Francisco, CA
2019 Tell Me More, San Francsico Design Week, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Truth is Somewhere in the Middle, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017 Waterspots, Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, CA
Invisible Dialogues: Reception for Natural Disasters, Group Exhibition, ELL Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Sea Level Stories, Market Street Prototyping Festival, San Francisco, CA
The Past is Prologue, 100 Years – Panama Pacific International Exposition: 1915 -- 2015, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014 City Highlight, Good Design, SF AIA, San Francisco, CA
Towards a Living Ground, UC Berkeley Design Thesis Showcase, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
TALKS
2021 Using Worldbuilding to Create More Participatory Urban Futures. EDRA. Detriot, MI.
2020 Climate Stories: Prototyping Participation through Speculative Futures. Design Science Studio. San Francisco, CA
2020 Speculative Futures and You. Climate Designers Lecture, CCA. San Francisco, CA.
2020 What We Talk About When We Talk About The Future. Resilience Seminar. UC Berkeley.
2019 Speculative Futures and Urban Planning: Imbuing more Imagination in the Development Process. Neon Re@act Conference. Dundee, Scotland.
2019 Making the Future Personal. Creative Placemaking Concernece. LA, CA.
2018 Climate Stories: Community Planning for Climate Change. HUB Conference. Boston, MA.
2017 Waterspots: Watering Holes for the 21st Century. MIT Solve Conference. New York, NY.
2100: Future of San Francisco Housing. SF AIA. San Francisco, CA.
2016 San Mateo Shore-Up: Using Wetlands to Design Resilient Infrastructure as Public Space, Restore America’s Estuaries Summit. New Orleans, LA.
2014 Towards a Living Ground: Exploring water-based urban design in a warming future, Environmental Design and Research Association Conference. New Orleans, LA.
The City Above & the City Below: designing outreach opportunities for public water infrastructure, Good Design Conference, AIA SF, CA.
2011 Coastal Re-vision: digital engagement strategies for sea level rise planning, A Better World by Design Conference, RISD and Brown University, Providence, RI.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2021 "Creating Post-Pandemic Cities with Speculative Futures." City Monitor.
2017 "Overlooking Risk Is No Longer an Option." Smart Cities Dive.
2015 "Incremental Development," World Landscape Architecture.
2014 "5 Cities That Will Benefit From Climate Change." Next City.
"In Iceland's resilience, a lesson for us as our world shifts," The Daily Climate.
2011 “Better Red Than Dead” Earth Island Journal.
2010 "Grow Wetlands Fight Global Warming?" The Ecology Center.