Writing
Why Shade Is America's Most Overlooked Infrastructure
Metropolis Magazine, Summer 2026
Book review of Sam Bloch's Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource.
Wrong House, Spring 2026
Demystifying—and diversifying—development in New York City through two curious architectural figures.
Urban Omnibus, Summer 2025
Essay surveying New York City’s growing landscape of parks, buildings, and places honoring Shirley Chisholm.
It Took 30 Years to Open Shirley Chisholm State Park. Here’s How It Happened
Next City, Summer 2025
An op-ed tracing the decades-long fight to transform a Brooklyn landfill into a state park honoring Shirley Chisholm.
Urban Omnibus, Spring 2025
An ode to the subway cars with orange seats and conversational seating, now being phased out by the MTA.
Romantic Urbanism mini-series
Urban Omnibus, Winter 2025
Writer and guest editor of an essay series on romantic urbanism—the tangible and sometimes intangible ways cities foster love and connection.
Reflecting on the New York Commune at 20 Years
Metropolitics, Spring 2024
Book review of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072, a speculative fiction oral history of New York City.
Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Winter 2024
Visual essay exploring the layered histories of Black and Asian communities in Flushing, Queens.
Syllabus Project, Summer 2023
A syllabus-essay exploring how urban design can cultivate romantic, familial, and platonic love through the built environment, and the important design lessons in classic rom-coms.
Urban Omnibus, Summer 2023
Essay and art project exploring the provenance of 99 cents stores in the United States and the unique dollar store ecosystem in New York City.
A Path to Racial Equity: Representation and Youth Planning Education
Routledge, Spring 2023
Chapter highlighting the lack of racial diversity in the urban planning profession, the barriers to recruitment, and the role that youth engagement can play in increasing exposure to building environment professions.
Rewriting the Urban Planning Canon
Planning Magazine, Winter 2020
Op-ed highlighting the lack of BIPOC urbanists featured in planning curriculums and the need to expand the urban planning canon.