Master in Architecture I . Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cambridge MA . June 2009
Thesis: Las Vegas Outside-In: Alternate Ecologies of Public Space
Advisor: John Hong
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Architecture . Yale University
New Haven CT . cum laude May 2005
Major: Architecture . Concentration: Design . GPA: 3.8
Study Abroad . Syracuse University
Florence, Italy and Vienna, Austria . Spring and Summer 2004
Coursework: Advanced Design Studio and Surveys of European Architecture


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DESIGN
Partner . Low Design Office
January 2007—present
Project Designer . Francisco Mangado and Associates
Pamplona, Spain . Summer 2008
Design Intern . Maryann Thompson Architects
Cambridge MA . Summer 2006
Design Intern . Kitrell Garlock and Associates Architecture
Las Vegas NV . Summers 2003, 2004

ADMINISTRATIVE
Office Assistant . Yale School of Architecture
New Haven CT . Fall 2003


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Architecture Instructor . Harvard GSD Career Discovery Program
Cambridge MA . Summer 2009
Developed curriculum, lectures and presentations for introductory-level architectural design studio
Teaching Assistant . Harvard GSD
Cambridge MA
John Hong, Spring 2008 . MArch I Fourth Semester Studio: Housing Patterns
Architecture Apprenticeship Leader . Design Initiative for Youth
with SoCA, GSD and Citizen Schools . Boston MA . 2006—2008
Instructed eighth-grade students in the fundamental principles of design through participation in a variety of hands-on exercises and development of a sustained community-based final design project
Volunteer Mentor . Life Haven
with Alpha Phi Omega, Yale University . New Haven CT . 2001—2005


HONORS . GRANTS . FELLOWSHIPS

Nominee . Julia Amory Appleton Traveling Fellowship
Harvard GSD . 2009
Winner . Clifford Wong Prize in Housing Design
Harvard GSD . June 2007
Nominee . Araido A. Cossutta Annual Prize for Design Excellence
Harvard GSD . June 2007
Recipient . International Community Service Fellowship
for design of community center in Cape Town, South Africa . Harvard GSD . Summer 2007
Selected for exhibition . Common Boston Fenway Exhibition
Boston MA . Spring 2007
Nominee for publication . GSD StudioWorks
Harvard GSD . Fall 2006, Fall 2007
Finalist (top 6/440) . Arquine 7th International Competition
Arquine International Architecture Magazine . March 2005
Recipient . Syracuse Abroad Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Syracuse University . Spring 2004


STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Academic President, Internal Relations Officer . Student Forum
Harvard GSD . Cambridge MA . 2005—2006 and 2008—2009
Acted as liaison between students, student groups, staff and faculty, encouraging collaborative efforts in order to foster greater school-wide discourse
Co-Founding Managing Editor . Trays Online Student Journal
Harvard GSD . Cambridge MA . January 2006—May 2007
Oversaw development of a new student-run website meant to exhibit a wide range of work in order to generate greater interaction and discussion amongst the design disciplines
Co-Chair, Organizing Committee . Systems For Inclusion Conference
with DesignCorps . Harvard GSD . Cambridge MA . April 2008
Steering Committee . Social Change and Activism (SoCA)
student group at Harvard GSD . Cambridge MA . 2006—2009
Coordinator . Student Drawing Exhibit “Getting Rooted”
Harvard GSD . Cambridge MA . Spring 2007
Team Leader . Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Competition
Harvard GSD . Cambridge MA . January 2007


ACADEMIC COMMITTEES

Chair . Student Affairs Committee
Harvard GSD . January 2008—January 2009
MArch I Class Representative
Harvard GSD . Fall 2005—Spring 2009
Peer Advisor
Harvard GSD . Fall 2006—Spring 2008


PRESENTATIONS

Lecturer . “projectKHAYELITSHA in process”
Harvard GSD Alumni Council . Harvard GSD . April 2008


PUBLICATIONS . EXHIBITS

“Territory Claimed: Collapse of the Urban/Natural Edge” in Trays
Harvard GSD . Spring 2008
“El Rejoneo: Ashley Heeren” in Cerespaña, ceramics trade magazine
Spain . Spring 2008
“Grounds for Connection” in Common Boston Fenway Exhibition
Boston MA . Spring/Summer 2007
“Zona Frontera” in Arquine International Architecture Magazine
Mexico . Issue 34, June 2005
“United Nations Gym” in Retrospecta
Yale School of Architecture . New Haven CT . Spring 2005


RESEARCH . TRAVEL

“Near Future: Redefining Monumentality”
GSD option studio research . Brasilia, Brazil . March 2008
“El Rejoneo: Bullfighting on Horseback”
GSD option studio research . Pamplona, Spain . October 2007
“Gesamtkunstwerk”
Independent research . Vienna, Austria . Summer 2004
Travel . Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, South Africa, throughout Western Europe and the United States