A Blog from the Sustainability in the Urban Environment Program at City College
2020 can be a difficult year to feel holiday cheer. While we would ordinarily gather in-person, we can at least celebrate together from afar! Featuring some of our current students and recent alumni, wherever you are and how ever you’re able to celebrate, we wish you a safe, healthy, and happy 2020 holiday season! The languages represented in the video are (in order) Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Polish, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Marathi, Hebrew, Bengali, and English.
Originally from Bolivia and currently living in Westchester, she loved the multicultural environment of the program and the case studies highlighted in classes. She completed her sustainability studies as a Fulbright scholar and is now doing her STEM-OPT as an Intern at HLW in Manhattan. She completed her capstone work on community resilience in Puerto Rico with Professor Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz. The team had the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico and interview local community leaders and stakeholders. In addition to presenting their findings at the NSF Enhancing Resilience of Island Communities (ERIC) symposium in October of 2019.
I worked as a junior architect for almost two years and working on residential redevelopment projects in the suburbs of Mumbai, India. I learned a lot from on-site experiences, coordinating with consultants, and working with an amazing team. Since my time in architecture school I was inclined towards learning more about sustainable design and construction but Mumbai as a city had very limited options to focus on this field. After contemplating it for almost a year I decided to go back to school and get a master’s degree in sustainability. I came across the program during my research for schools …
