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Yoong Sin Tong
Dual MPA/MSES
Bloomington,IN
Summary
A dedicated contributor with a dual master's in Public Policy and Environmental Science (Water Management concentration). Possessing professional training in Landscape Architecture, alongside knowledge of: Urban Forestry, GIS and Graphic Design.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
American Public Works Association Summer Intern
City Of Bloomington
07.2023 - Current
- Successfully interviewed two division directors and relevant staff, on existing policies & practices of the Department of Public Works (DPW).
- Successfully gathered, organized and edited five (out of twenty) chapters, of the Bloomington DPW manual.
- Provide weekly progress updates, and propose solutions to emergent issues, to the Special Projects Coordinator.
Indiana Green City Mapper Hourly Assistant
Indiana University
08.2023 - Current
- Successfully refined and curated (as co-editor), StoryMap for: "Greening Neighborhoods from the Ground Up", a joint Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc.-Indiana University project.
- Successfully organized and presented continuous air quality & temperature data (May - Sept. 2023), of four volunteer locations in the Far Eastside, Indianapolis.
- Successfully authored two StoryMaps on the Indiana Green City Mapper, combining climate change vulnerabilities (of tree species), with Indiana University's campus tree data.
Student Intern (Reynolds Lab)
Department Of Biology, Indiana University
09.2022 - 07.2023
- Successfully compile information (plant height & species diversity) and accurately organized data into twenty excel files.
- Effectively generated graphs and helped design summary documentations for Bloomington landowners.
Teaching Assistant (Urban Forestry Management)
O'Neill School Of Public And Environmental Affairs
08.2022 - 12.2022
- Partnered with professor to plan and implement fifteen weeks of lessons in urban forestry.
- Graded twnety eight students' responses in ten different course work throughout semester.
Environmental Quality and Land Use Intern
Sustain IU
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Liaised with five team members and facilitated effective committee meetings.
- Merged seven campus tree datasets into one GIS database and begun preliminary analysis work.
- Communicated and collaborated effectively with various parties to successfully execute: Fall 2021 EQLU Themester Event.
Education
Master of Science - Environmental Science
O'Neill S.P.E.A
Bloomington, Indiana 08.2020 - 2023.05
Master - Public Affairs
O'Neill S.P.E.A
Bloomington, Indiana 08.2020 - 2023.05
Bachelor of Science - Landscape Architecture
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 08.2013 - 2019.05
Skills
Communication
Software
ArcGIS Pro Online
Python
R
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Affiliations
Tree Commission (Interim-Chair) - City of Bloomington
Timeline
Indiana Green City Mapper Hourly Assistant
Indiana University
08.2023 - Current
American Public Works Association Summer Intern
City Of Bloomington
07.2023 - Current
Student Intern (Reynolds Lab)
Department Of Biology, Indiana University
09.2022 - 07.2023
Teaching Assistant (Urban Forestry Management)
O'Neill School Of Public And Environmental Affairs
08.2022 - 12.2022
Environmental Quality and Land Use Intern
Sustain IU
08.2021 - 05.2022
Master of Science - Environmental Science
O'Neill S.P.E.A
08.2020 - 2023.05
Master - Public Affairs
O'Neill S.P.E.A
08.2020 - 2023.05
Bachelor of Science - Landscape Architecture
Purdue University
08.2013 - 2019.05
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