About

Bar Admissions:

Minnesota

Illinois

United States District Court, District of Minnesota

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Education:

M.A. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2006

J.D. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 1999

B.A. Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois,1990

Summary of Experience:

Hortensia PLLC, Attorney

Chicago Park District, Counsel, Senior Counsel, and Deputy General Counsel

City of Chicago Law Department, Finance Division, Assistant Corporation Counsel

Recent Presentations:

Minnesota Brownfields 2025 Emerging Developers Conference - Keynote

City of Minneapolis 2025 Latine Business WeekPlanning - Business Continuity and Contingency Workshops

University of Minnesota 2025 Design Justice Symposium - Erasing Architecture: Erasing Barriers to Community Development

Honors

Augustana College: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: Wallenberg Scholar

Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center, Northwestern University: Founder and Chair of the Student Board

Université de Nice, Nice, France: First Place, Moot Court

Boards and Volunteer Service - Current

Trustee, The Museum of Russian Art

Regional Lead, University of Chicago Alumni Club of the Twin Cities

Advisory Committee Member, People for Parks Fund, Minneapolis Parks Foundation

Boards and Volunteer Service - Past

Board Member, Lake Street Council

Board Member, Executive Committee, Minneapolis Parks Foundation

Board Member, Minnesota Orchestra

Volunteer, Volunteer Lawyers Network

Volunteer, Prepare + Prosper

Volunteer, Centro Tyrone Guzman, Minneapolis