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Yoong Sin Tong

Yoong Sin Tong

MPA/MSES '23
Bloomington,IN

Summary

A dedicated community resilience coordinator for the Environmental Resilience Institute with a dual master's in Public Policy and Environmental Science. Professionally educated in landscape architecture, with knowledge in water management, urban forestry and GIS.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Resilience Coordinator

Environmental Resilience Institute
Bloomington, Indiana
06.2024 - Current
  • Provided GIS technical support to four student Fellows as part of the 2024 Environmental Resilience Institute's Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) Resilience Cohort program.
  • Lead designer for the Greening Hoosier Community StoryMap.
  • Provided maps, research and outreach for three Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) and one Community Change Grant application.

Indiana Green City Mapper Hourly Assistant

Indiana University
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • 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.

American Public Works Association Summer Intern

City Of Bloomington
07.2023 - 06.2024
  • 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.

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

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Software

Microsoft Office Suite

ArcGIS Pro Online

Python

R

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Affiliations

Tree Commission (Chair) - City of Bloomington

[Term: Jan 2023 - Jan 2026]

Timeline

Community Resilience Coordinator

Environmental Resilience Institute
06.2024 - Current

Indiana Green City Mapper Hourly Assistant

Indiana University
08.2023 - 12.2024

American Public Works Association Summer Intern

City Of Bloomington
07.2023 - 06.2024

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
Yoong Sin TongMPA/MSES '23