Lydia is an artist, urban planner, and educator who works between Brazil and the US. She is currently pursuing a PhD in comparative urbanism.

Contact
lydia.collins512@gmail.com

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Education
PhD Urban Planning
School of Architecture
Federal University of Minas Gerais
2024 - present

MA Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy
Tufts University
2018

BA Urban Development Studies

Tufts University
2017



Experience
Graphic Anthropologist for Change Stories,
University of Washington
Brazil, Colombia, Northern Ireland
2024 - present

Urban Planner, AECOM
Chicago, IL
2022-2023

Adjunct Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Chicago, IL
2024 - present

Project Development Associate, IFF
Chicago, IL 
2019-2022

Project Supervisor, Amigos de las Americas
Cocle, Panama
2017

Urban Planning Intern, Chicago Loop Alliance
Chicago, IL 
2016

Economic Planning Intern, City of Evanston
Evanston, IL 
2015-2016


Fellowships

Research Fellow, Fulbright
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2022

Graduate Fellow, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Boston, MA
2018

Tisch Fellow, Somerville Community Corporation
Somerville, MA
2017

Synaptic Scholar, Tufts University Institute for Global Leadership
Havana, Cuba
2016

Microfinance Fellow, Global Citizen Year
Ibarra, Ecuador

2013