Jessica
Cignarella is currently working on her Master in Science in City and Regional
Planning at the Pratt Institute with an expected graduation date of May 2014.
Her areas of focus include community development and transportation
planning. Prior to Pratt, Jessica attended the University of California,
San Diego (UCSD), where she focused on environmental and urban studies and
planning issues. After graduating from UCSD, she worked as a transit
planner at Transportation Management & Design, Inc. (TMD) where she
developed valuable technical and analytical skills as well as a working
knowledge of transit systems throughout the U.S.
Jessica
recently joined CIVITAS as the new Graduate Intern taking over work on the
clean heating oil conversion program and the apartment building recycling
initiative with the Department of Sanitation. She is currently working
with Environment & Infrastructure Committee in planning an outreach meeting
to discuss air quality and heating oil conversion, and apartment building
recycling with local residents and business owners of the Upper East Side and
East Harlem. To learn more about these environmental initiatives, visit www.civitasnyc.org/cleanair/.
Once
finished at Pratt in 2014, Jessica plans to remain in New York City and focus
her efforts as an urban planner on environmental and transportation issues
within local communities. When she is not working to improve quality of
life in communities, she is likely out exploring a new park or open space,
biking around the city, or home trying out a new cookie or cake recipe. Jessica
is incredibly excited at the opportunity to work with CIVITAS and hopes to make
positive improvements in the UES and East Harlem neighborhoods.
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