About me

I am a PhD candidate in City & Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, with a concentration in transportation planning. I am also pursuing a dual master’s degree in Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School. As a graduate research assistant at the Center for Safe Mobility led by Professor Megan Ryerson, Ph.D., I contribute to interdisciplinary research on teen driver education, licensing, and safety. This work is enriched by collaboration with injury prevention and cognitive science scholars, including Professor Flaura Winston, MD, Ph.D., and Professor Elizabeth Walshe, Ph.D., at the Center for Injury Research and Prevension (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

I hold a Master of City Planning (with a focus on Sustainable Transportation and Infrastructure Planning) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in GeoDesign from the University of Southern California.

My research lies at the intersection of transportation safety, equity, and accessibility—specifically investigating why certain populations face greater risks in unsafe mobility systems. I am committed to producing research that informs equitable, evidence-based policy solutions to improve safe mobility for all. With an academic career in mind, I aim to contribute to building transportation systems that are not only active, safe, and efficient, but also just—by leveraging scientific and technological advances across disciplines.

Research interests

Transportation planning: access, safety, and urban mobility | Urban informatics and spatial data sciences | Public health and equity

What’s new

I passed the qualification exam and candidacy exam in June, 2025. I am working on my Ph.D. dissertation about “Enhancing Teen Transport Safety and Mobility Equity: Assessing the Impacts of Access to Driver Education and Licensing.”

I received the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students in April 2025, as one of ten graduate student awardees across the University of Pennsylvania!