Project Support Associate - RQA - Tinley Park
(2025-04)
- Facilitate quality control efforts for designated clients.
- Provide assistance to French-speaking consumers engaged in corrective campaign initiatives.
Community Development & GIS Specialist - Village of Maywood - Maywood
(2023-10 - 2024-07)
- Delivered geospatial support through data development, formatting, and analysis for internal and external stakeholders.
- Generated digital and hardcopy maps for various planning and public-facing needs.
- Reviewed all land use applications, including permitting, rezoning, annexation, and site plan approval processes.
- Processed business license applications, project assessments, and zoning interpretations.
- Coordinated economic development marketing programs and tracked economic development projects and their compliance.
- Conducted community outreach to support community and economic development initiatives.
- Interpreted the code of ordinances concerning building setbacks, conditional uses, annexations, and general development plans.
- Collected data and authored grants through thorough research.
- Orchestrated committee events, meetings, and presentations as assigned.
- Served as a liaison to the Planning Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Cook County Land Bank, and Hera Property Registry.
GIS intern - Village of Gurnee - Gurnee
(2019-05 - 2023-09)
- Updated all web maps to reflect the Village's utilities, infrastructure, capital improvement projects, and economic development initiatives.
- Created and edited GIS layers to maintain accurate spatial data.
- Maintained comprehensive geospatial databases.
- Collected data both in the field and from ancillary sources.
- Produced maps, dashboards, story maps, and surveys for the Community Development, Public Works, and Economic Development departments.
- Supervised student interns, providing guidance and oversight.
Teaching Assistant - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Milwaukee
(2018-09 - 2019-06)
- Instructed World Regional Geography across eight sections and Physical Geography in two sections.
- Developed detailed and engaging lesson plans.
- Managed class grades, assignments, and announcements utilizing the Canvas learning management system.
GIS Specialist - Mobilitie - Chicago
(2016-01 - 2016-09)
- Identified suitable sites for telecommunications antennas and expanded Wi-Fi network coverage.
- Researched national land use zoning codes to ensure compliance for tower construction within various jurisdictions.
Neighborhoods Program Intern - Openlands - Chicago
(2015-06 - 2015-09)
- Devised a site assessment tool to standardize evaluations for all conservation programs.
- Visited, established, and maintained relationships with community development groups throughout the Chicagoland area.
- Mapped all community gardens and green infrastructure within the Openlands network.
GIS Transportation Research Assistant - Chicago State University & NexTrans - Chicago
(2015-01 - 2015-06)
- Created and distributed a transportation survey to gather relevant data.
- Analyzed student commuting patterns to identify trends and potential areas for improvement.
- Established and maintained a geospatial database for extracted survey data.
- Generated maps of staff and student commuting patterns to visualize spatial distribution.
Research Assistant - Metropolitan Planning Council - Chicago
(2013-06 - 2013-09)
- Investigated affordable housing and employer-assisted housing initiatives.
- Authored articles on housing and community health for the MPC blogs.
- Scrutinized Chicago demographics to support research objectives.
