About Me

👋🏼 Hey there. I’m Graham.

I’m a transportation and mobility justice advocate, city planning student, writer, graphic designer, amateur lampmaker, maps guru, communicator, and organizer. Thanks for reading my bio!

I grew up in both Baltimore, MD, and Durban, South Africa. I’ve made past homes in New York City, Washington D.C., Little Rock, Arkansas, Independence, Iowa, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. These days, I’m a Master’s student in City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in transportation planning. I got my bachelor’s degree in Social Studies from Harvard University in 2019, and spent the next five years working in politics, civil rights advocacy, urban design, and transit justice. You can find my full resume here.

In towns of 5,000 and cities of 8 million, I’ve witnessed the failure of the North American suburban, car-first development model. I work to dismantle that model, and help places unlock the power of walkable, people-centered streets and transportation networks that promote shared senses of place, human connection, and a healthier way of life.

Public and active transportation systems can be generative forces for community development — where transportation is more than just a mode of getting from point A to B, but a way for users to feel more connected to, and invested in, the places they move through. As a political organizer in rural towns, I came to appreciate sidewalks and plazas as democratic infrastructure that’s indispensable from a peaceful and functioning society. In cities, I’ve witnessed what transpires when the powerful retreat behind gated estates and conspire to cut public infrastructure from transit to trash collection.

Now, as a grad student, I’m delving into why places look the way they do, from the planning processes, to the zoning codes, economics, and cultural contexts that shape the built world, its form, and who it serves. The climate emergency is here. But we can make our world livable for humans and nature alike, by gearing development—in places of all sizes—towards sustaining us all.

Feel free to to reach out. I’d love to connect.

Graham