About Me
As a kid, I’d visit cities like D.C., Miami, New York, London and Toronto and just being around all that amazing architecture ignited a deep curiosity in me. I wanted to know how these structures and environments came to be – how they went from an idea, to a drawing, to an actual space people experienced and interacted with every day. So I started studying economics and urban planning, developing my skills as an organizer and project manager. Then I started working alongside pioneers like Homer Williams and Dike Dame, who taught me not only how to see the potential in an area but how to bring all the right people together to help to turn that potential into a reality.
For example, when I first started developing in the Killingsworth neighborhood, lots of people were saying, “Oh, I’m not gonna put a dime there.” They were judging the area on where it had been, not where it could go. And now look, this neighborhood is flourishing. This is a great example of how development is both a patience game and a perceptions game. When I hear people talking negatively about an area, I take note. To me, that’s always a sign of untapped potential.