Eric previously interned at planning agencies in Knoxville, TN and Louisville, KY, and earned a Master of Urban Planning at the University of Louisville in 2018. He and other graduate students focused on planning a green space network with an urban neighborhood’s youth, as part of their capstone work. This work gave agency to children’s voices, illuminated disparate green space access in black communities, and has since informed a new city plan for the neighborhood.

Eric is passionate about planning strategies focused on affordable housing and socially conscious neighborhood “gentle-fication”.