EDUCATION

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Masters in Urban Planning (MUP), Class of 2016
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), BA in Urban Planning and BA in Geography, Class of 2015, Cumulative GPA: 3.96

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Summa Cum Laude Distinction (2015)
  • Bronze Tablet Scholar (2015)
  • Senior 100 Honoree (2015)
  • Illinois Geographical Society's Outstanding Senior Recognition (2015)
  • Karl B. Lohmann Award for Departmental Excellence (2015)
  • SPO Outstanding Undergraduate Member Award (2015)
  • Jerome Fellmann Award (2015)
  • UIUC Dean’s List (6 semesters)
  • James Scholar Honors Program (2011 - 2015)
  • Department of Geography’s Roepke Scholarship (4 semesters)
  • Polish National Alliance’s Graduate Scholarship (2015)
  • Polish National Alliance’s Undergraduate Scholarship (2012 - 2014)
  • Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union Scholarship (2014)
  • Mal S. Klugman Scholarship (2013)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • APA: American Planning Association (2014 – present)
  • SPO: Student Planning Organization (2012 – present, Web Chair in 2014, Vice President in 2015)
  • GIS Club (2011 - 2015, Treasurer from 2012 - 2015)
  • Polish Club (2011 - 2015)

WORK EXPERIENCE

PLANNING INTERN / PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT / MAY 2014 – PRESENT / CHAMPAIGN, IL

  • Assisted the senior planners, zoning administrator, and assistant department director
  • Duties included conducting spatial analyses in ArcMap, using Adobe Illustrator to create maps, co-writing staff reports, presenting to the Plan Commission, researching municipal policies and programs, assisting with the zoning ordinance update, and partaking in sign enforcement

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING INTERN / DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT / FEBRUARY 2014 – MAY 2014 / URBANA, IL

  • Assisted the economic development coordinator and  economic development specialist
  • Duties included using Microsoft Excel and Access to update the city's database of businesses, utilizing ArcMap to spatially analyze economic dynamics, and providing administrative support

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT / UIUC DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY / SEPTEMBER 2013 - JANUARY 2014 / CHAMPAIGN, IL

  • Worked as a research assistant with a clinical professor on a project that examined how maps can construct our social world
  • Duties included inspecting physical maps, investigating digital geographic databases, and reviewing relevant literature on the ontology of maps

PLANNING INTERN / DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT / MAY 2013 - AUGUST 2013, JANUARY 2014 / PARK RIDGE, IL

  • Assisted the city planner, the zoning coordinator, and the GIS consultant
  • Duties included creating maps for proposed development sites, updating the department's inventory of signs, collecting data on vacant commercial properties, and digitizing the city's variance records

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT / UIUC DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / SEPTEMBER 2012 - DECEMBER 2012 / URBANA, IL

  • Assisted university administrator with research on the concentration of in-state students at Illinois' public universities
  • Duties included analyzing data using geostatistical methods in ArcMap as well as utilizing Abode Illustrator to create maps

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT / UIUC DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY / SEPTEMBER 2011 - DECEMBER 2011 / URBANA, IL

  • Assisted PhD student on a research project that examined how global climate changes have affected indigenous people
  • Duties included entering as well as managing data in Microsoft Excel and Google Earth

SKILLS

  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
  • Experience with ArcMap and Quantum GIS
  • Experience with Adobe Illustrator,  InDesign, and Dreamweaver
  • Familiar with Google SketchUp
  • Familiar with Adobe Photoshop
  • Familiar with SPSS
  • Fluent in Polish