teaching 

My award-winning pedagogy is concerned with engaging with the diverse experiences and perspectives of my students while promoting project-based learning. In the classroom, I draw strong links between theory and practice while centering solutions rooted in racial, economic, and environmental justice. Since joining the faculty at San Diego State University, I have received four distinct, student-selected teaching awards across three different programs. 

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I have taught an undergraduate-level Introduction to Urban Planning course and graduate-level seminars in Urban Planning Foundations, Housing and Community Development Policy, Community Land-Use Planning, and Zoning for Equity at the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University. I also previously taught courses in planning theory, methods, and urban studies at Columbia University GSAPP and Hunter College. 

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