Resume

• 2009

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  I successfully defended my dissertation for the PhD program in Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in 2016. It highlights the urgency to communicate climate change information

  and to the implementation of adaptation measures

  to address the climate and non-climatic vulnerabilities of populations in the biome Cerrado

  Goiás

  Brazil. It examined the state-led participatory planning under the program City for Us. I looked to the program participants’ understanding of how socio-economic and institutional constraints influenced the planning process

  and how it relates to their vulnerability to risk and hazard impact.

  Regional Planning and Development

  Climate Change

  Regional Studies LA & Brazil

  University of Massachusetts

  Amherst

• 2002

  English

  Portuguese

  Spanish

  Master of Latin American Studies

  gender

  social movements

  US-Mexico borderland

  University of California

  Los Angeles

• 2000

  Masters of Urban Planning

  Regional and International planning/development - Latin America

  Brazil

  and Southern CA

  University of California

  Los Angeles

• Climate Change

  Higher Education

  Latin Americanist

  Qualitative Research

  Project Planning

  Public Education

  Project Management

  Southern California Planning and Real State

  Participatory Planning

  Project Coordination

  Research

  De Oliveira

  Euripedes

  California State University-Northridge

  Michael Popwell Associates

  Association of El Salvadorans Los Angeles

  Southern California USA

  Regional Planning and International Development Lecturer

  and Consultant

  California State University-Northridge

  Field and office work in Southern California to generate

  compile and process data

  and prepare appraisel reports; inspection of real state for insurance purposes.

  Michael Popwell Associates

  Community Development Sopecialist

  In loco reconstruction project/advise for the 2001 post earthquakes

  outreach/liason for project coordination and local level government; redevelopment project for the Westlake community - inner city Los Angeles.

  Association of El Salvadorans Los Angeles

  FIPSE/CAPES U.S Brazil Consortia * Urban Planning and Sustainability Project - UPSP

  CSUN

  Conceptualized and wrote proposal; the consortia entail an international partnership between CCSUN

  UMass

  UFG and UFU; creates opportunities for 32 U.S. and Brazilian students to study abroad

  and faculty to develop joint research; promotes and advance global citizenship among project participants. As the P.I. I am responsible for all phases of the project including: drafting of the memorandum of agreement between parties; development of budgetary and other administrative requirements of grant

  oversight and coordination of curriculum design

  student advisement

  and of all logistical and programmatic arrangements; liaison between Brazilian and American participating universities; marketing and recruitment of program to prospective student and participating faculty.

  Principal Investigator & CSUN Project Director

  Lecturer urban and regional planning

  and regional and international development; independent studies advisor U.S. and international programs; coordinator of study abroad (Brazil) short program; outreach/liason w Brazilian state level government and agencies

  and co-development of planning workshops for Brazilian cities managers.

  CSUN