About Me
Graham Bishai is a second-year Master’s student in City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill. Since June 2025, he has been interning with the Town of Chapel Hill as a transportation planning assistant. Graham works to make places more accessible for walkers, bikers and transit users. He cares deeply about dignity in transportation and livable street designs that enhance safety, community, and quality of place. Originally from Baltimore, Graham lived in South Africa as a teenager and in New York City after college. City planning draws upon a lifelong interest in place and the built environment, and its effects on culture, civil society, health, and wellbeing. Prior to planning school, Graham worked for 5 years in public policy and for non-profits working on civil rights and urban design, and in trail and greenway development.
