Pronounced “joy-a”, I’m the Web and Design Intern at Strong Towns and Marketing Coordinator for the Emerging New Urbanists. Since discovering New Urbanism while writing my thesis senior year of high school, I haven’t been able to stop talking about walkable cities. I love clever design and I use that passion to facilitate more conversations about the built environment. Apart from this interest, I love indie music, theological conversations with my dad, and making bracelets for friends.

Gioia

INTERDISCIPLINARY

Graduating in Interdisciplinary Studies from Liberty University, I use seemingly opposing spheres of analytical design and creative passion to design distinct solutions. I’m at home ‘off the beaten path’, and that non-traditional experience allows me to bring nuance to my projects.

  • My senior year of high school I had to write a thesis to graduate. Originally I planned to write about how terrible cities were (and have a good time doing it), but while reading Til We Have Built Jerusalem by Philip Bess the way he talked about the places we live struck a chord with me and after that I couldn’t get enough of New Urbanism.

  • The sky’s the limit! I enjoy photography, videography, illustration, architecture, sewing, painting, and much more. I read a killer bedtime story on top of all that.

  • As of late April, I’ve been inspired by candid photography (real life can be so beautiful!), birds (Homing by Jon Day!), and patchwork sewing using only scraps.

  • I talk a lot.. So somewhere along the way I developed a psuedo-podcast. Oops!