Today, June 1, 2020 marks the 2nd anniversary of starting morena strategies and embarking on the journey of self-employment, creating a practice that unwaver...

Last week Los Angeles, the community development field, the Asian American & Pacific Islander community, our friends across the country, and the Matsubayashi...

Excerpt below from July 23, 2019 Blog post by NRDC Attorney Damon Nagami, "Planning for Equitable Development Along the LA River." [T]he closer we get to the...

I have a number of recent conversations to thank for inspiring this post. Why and how I have built morena strategies to work within the larger community econ...

I recently had the honor to join an esteemed panel of academic colleagues and fellow advocates at the Urban Affairs Association's Annual Conference. I spoke ...

I'm often asked about my logo and have never talked about its origin on my website - until now. I see it befitting given I recently returned from a reconnect...

Like so many of you, I closed 2018 with some strategic planning and agenda-setting for 2019. As I often do, I like to begin with grounding myself before jump...

Reflecting back, the younger version of myself would never have guessed I would be where I am today professionally. I had such a limited understanding of car...

One of my most exciting moments as a Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) employee was kickstarting our creative community development work as an ArtPlace Amer...

Most Angelenos are probably at least tangentially familiar with LURN (Leadership for Urban Renewal Network) due to its leadership role in the Los Angeles Str...

In 2011 I filed a lawsuit against the City of Garden Grove in Orange County, CA on behalf of permanent residents of a mobile home/RV park and a local organiz...

Two years ago I had the pleasure of joining some incredible international urbanists on a panel at Project for Public Spaces' 2016 Placemaking Leadership Foru...

The housing crisis is global and Auckland is in the throws of its own housing bubble. In "The Mess We're In: Auckland's Housing Bubble from a Construction Se...

I just read this article from Governing.com highlighting one woman's efforts to use community-led design to fight gentrification, and wanted to use this spac...

It's been 4 years since the Latino Cultural District (LCD) was formally recognized by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. I was fortunate enough to parti...

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) continues to make front page news across the nation and the world. Digging up an old - but still highly relevant - publica...

It feels like forever ago since Metro first announced its plans for the Regional Connector Transit Project. Yesterday, Metro hosted a meet & greet reception ...

#planning #urbanism #diversity #inclusion #race #justice #equity

With World Cup 2018 underway, public space is again ripe for being taken over by the people. Reminiscing on World Cup LA's rogue activations from last World ...

In 2013, I had the privilege of being part of a cohort of Next Gen AAPI leaders across the country at National CAPACD's annual convention in Washington D.C. ...