Education

Virginia Tech, School of Planning and International Affairs, National Capital Region, USA

• PhD in Planning, Governance, and Globalization in the Urban and Environmental Design and Planning track concentrating in Transportation – 2021
• Future Professoriate Certificate – 2020

University of Waterloo, School of Planning, Waterloo, Canada

• Master of Arts in Planning – 2013
• Certificate in Fundamentals of teaching – 2012

Sheridan Institute of Technology and Higher Learning, Oakville, Canada

•  Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Media and Journalism for Global Professionals  – 2011

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Urban Planning
• Canadian Architectural Certification Board – 2009

Awards and Scholarships

• Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, Virginia Tech, 2021
• WSP USA Women in Leadership Scholarship, 2020
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 25th Anniversary Scholarship, American Public Transportation Foundation, 2020
• Shirley DeLibero Scholarship, American Public Transportation Foundation, 2019
• Woman Who Moves the Nation Scholarship, COMTO, 2019
• Women in Transportation Seminar – DC Chapter, Graduate Scholarship, 2018
• Rob MacIsaac Fellowship Scholarship, 2013

Honors

• VTGrATE Fellow: Virginia Tech Academy for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Excellence
• Global Perspectives Program 2019: Trends in Doctoral Education in Europe and the U.S.
• Diversity Scholar 2019: Environmental Accessibility for Persons with Disability for Diverse and Inclusive Higher Education, Virginia Tech, 2019
• The Honor Society of Kappa Phi Kappa, 2018

Service to the Profession

• Peer-reviewer, Transportation Research Board
• American Planning Association (APA) Ambassador

Professional Membership

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
• Transportation Research Board
• Conference of Minority Transportation Officials
• American Planning Association
• American Geographers Association
• Women’s Transportation Seminar, DC Chapter