Gloria Magallanes (she/her) is a Master of Public Policy student concentrating in community development and social inequality. She is currently a policy fellow at the Latino Policy and Politics Institute and a nonprofit leadership intern at StepUp. While at UCLA, she worked in the Chicano Studies Department as a teaching assistant and participated in

Aryon Shahidzadeh is a Master of Urban and Regional Planning graduate student interested in innovative models for community ownership and affordable housing development. Prior to graduate school, Aryon was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and his rotations included working at Innovative Housing Opportunities and the City of Glendale’s City Manager’s Office. Before moving

Adria Stauber is a graduate student in Urban and Regional Planning at UCLA, concentrating in urban design and real estate development. Prior to starting graduate school, she worked as a community planner at TransForm, and on the real estate team at Habitat for Humanity. Currently, Adria works with the transportation team at AECOM, where

Alyssa Suzukawa (she/her) is a graduate student studying urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. She is interested in the relationship between transportation and housing, including understanding the impacts of transit-oriented development in communities of color. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is concerned about issues of gentrification and displacement,

Jo Dine is a second-year master’s student in urban and regional planning at UCLA, with a concentration in transportation policy and planning. Her primary interests are at the intersection of housing and transportation policy and how they both can promote or hinder mobility justice. She has been working in communications at the UCLA Institute

Gabriella Carmona is  pursuing a Master of Urban and Regional Planning at UCLA and holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Williams College. She leverages urban design and policy as an opportunity to combat social and economic injustice — from democratizing data that brings to light spatial disparities to empowering communities

Miles Cressy is a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student and teaching assistant at UCLA, as well as an intern for the Development Services Department at the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). At UCLA, Miles concentrates on the intersection of regional economic development and housing. Applying his proficiency

Chase Engelhardt began his nonprofit journey interning as a community organizer, continuing in Washington, D.C. doing environmental policy research, strategy development, and community engagement with a policy research organization. After receiving a B.A. in International Politics from UC Santa Cruz, he took his knowledge of program design and evaluation to the Boys and Girls

Brian Kohaya (He/Him) is a proud double Bruin. He received his undergraduate degree in Asian American Studies and Psychology and is currently pursuing a Master of Urban and Regional Planning. His research focus is on housing development and how communities both collaborate and clash with government agencies. Previously, Brian worked at Little Tokyo Service

Alejandra Rios is a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and Master of Latin American Studies student at UCLA. She focuses on transportation equity, mobility justice, and environmental justice issues. Her current research interests include learning about extreme commutes in the L.A. region as well as transportation safety concerns for gender and sexual minorities