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3906 Orleans Ave., NOLA 70119
EXPERIENCE
PLANNING
INTERNSHIPS
GREATER NEW ORLEANS, INC.
Water Cluster Intern
January 2016 – Present
Water Management & Technology Industry Cluster |
Providing research on emerging water industry in Southeast
Louisiana: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Master Plan Intern
June 2016 – August 2016
Master Plan Amendment Process | Departmental
engagement; demographic & land use trends research and
analysis
NON-PROFITDEVELOPMENT
&FUNDRAISING
GULF RESTORATION NETWORK
Assistant Development Director
May 2014 – August 2014
SELA Flood Protection Authority Lawsuit | Managed summer
canvass office; recruited, trained, supervised canvass team
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Senior Field Manager
January 2014 – April 2014
Voter Suppression Laws | Trained and managed field
managers; small donor fundraising; street canvassing
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Field Manager
October 2013 – April 2014
Women’s Healthcare Rights | Trained and managed street
canvassers; small donor fundraising; outreach
LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE
Canvasser
August 2013 – October 2013
Industrial Air Pollution | Small donor fundraising; door-to-
door canvassing; outreach
FORWARD LOUISIANA
Political/Constituency Organizer
January 2013 – July 2013
Medicaid Expansion Campaign | Organized built broad-
based coalition; stakeholder engagement; press outreach
LOUISIANA FAIR LENDING COALITION
Communications Manager
June 2012 – July 2013
Payday Loan Reform Campaign | Designed and managed
website and social media platforms; press outreach
LOUISIANA PROGRESS
Outreach and Event Coordinator
April 2012 – December 2012
Gender Pay Equity Campaign | Produced legislative policy
brief; organized series of public forums
TOGETHER BATON ROUGE
Youth Outreach Coordinator
October 2011 – May 2012
Save Transit Campaign | Engaged and mobilized students and
young professionals to vote and volunteer; precinct leader
BIKE BATON ROUGE
Community Engagement Associate
May 2011 – April 2012
Complete Streets Campaign | Built broad-based coalition in
support of a citywide Complete Streets Ordinance petition
EDUCATION MEMBERSHIP
MASTER OF URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING
University of New Orleans
August 2015 – Present
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION – LOUISIANA CHAPTER
Student Representative
August 2015 – Present
BACHELOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Louisiana State University
August 2005 – May 2010
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Member
August 2015 – Present
THE SOLIDARITY PROJECT
Secretary of the Board
May 2012 - Present
SOPHIA KUNEN | MURP STUDENT