Hey, just wanted to say that you’re inspiring as hell. I’m trying to figure out where to go and...this is like exactly what I want to do. The work you’re doing for people is so necessary now and I hope you get to take it easy soon.☺️

I loveeee this. I’m graduating next month with a Bachelors in Urban Studies with a focus in Leadership and Public Policy and a minor in Business. It’s go great to see another black woman with a love for city planning and community outreach. I would loveee to networking and/or collaborate with you. 💗

Hi Quesadiyah, thanks for making this video! I loved hearing how life was as a corridor manager in Philly during the Black Lives Matter protests. It was also insightful to hear your perspective on how riots affected small businesses, kudos to you for helping the community survive. As a hopeful urban planner, tysm for sharing info w us, and keep doing you!! 💜

Thank you so much for your videos on urban planning and community development. I'm currently in grad school for planning and have also discovered that a "traditional" planning career is not for me so I really appreciate hearing your perspective as someone who is working directly with communities/ small business owners in a non-profit! Would love to hear more about your job search process and how you discovered your current position and how you prepared for the interview. Thanks! Sending my best wishes to Philly.

The importance of small businesses🙏🏼 ♥the work you do truly is fulfilling 🥺😭🕯️🙌

A Running Coach?! That’s a blessing! Son Awesome !!!

Wow. Those are some crazy (and unfortunate) coincidences. Everything that's been going on hit you so directly. Urban planning has more reach than I thought it did. The video was great, thanks for sharing your experiences!

Salaam! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos, super helpful x

Would you go over the most important/influential courses you took in your undergrad and masters career that have shaped your knowledge on Urban and City planning? Like what classes helped you form a fundamental understanding to put it simply. Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing your journey this past crazy year! Burn out is real, especially when you are up against the impact of larger systemic issues, you doing great girl!! P.s. "There goes the neighbourhood" was a great podcast on gentrification. Not sure if you already covered this in a previous vid, but would love to hear more about what your job-hunting experience was like :)

Thank you for sharing all of this!! Immensely appreciate your story, advice, and recommendations. Wishing you all the best in 2021!

Thank you so much for this video ! Sometimes I forget how involved you can be in a job and in certain situations, especially during the COVID crisis. And the fact that you could set boundaries even during this time is incredible, I loved the tips you gave. I loved learning about this job because I've never heard if it before, and I guess if you want to get involved with your community or with people it's a good job to do.

so interesting to hear more about your job

Love your videos there super informative. Keep up with the videos ! Lots of love here from the U.K 🇬🇧 . I’m a second year sociologist student and one of my modules is around urban theory and studies .

Really informative AND interesting video! Shockingly rare these days :)

I'm currently reading The Warmth of Other Suns. Such an important piece of U.S. history that high school history classes tend to gloss over.

Thank you so much for creating these videos that give your insight into the application process (having gone through it and grad school) and also what it's like working in urban planning. You're super engaging and just really easy to listen to :) and appreciate that you share things so candidly. I've been thinking about a career in urban planning for like 4 years now, haha and still feel so nervous bc of the financial investment (all that debt again sigh); hearing you talk about your work and its fulfillment but also its very real struggles and challenges and how so many things intersect is inspiring and definitely add even more reasons for my pull towards planning. Also love your recommendations! Warmth of Other Suns was so so so so excellent and totally super related to urban planning because the policies and migration patterns have impacts to this day, and the Last Black Man in SF was beautiful. I'll have to add the others to my list! The work you do is super important and, like others have stated here, I hope you are taking care of yourself and setting those boundaries that you remind your viewers to have!

thank you!!

Invest in a lapelle mic. There's some that plug directly into your phones aux or lightning port.

thanks for this, please can you tell us the most software to use for Urban Planning.

I did urban planning (HND) I also want to further in the UK but getting a job is something I haven't heard any good news about, so I need advice on the area of specification that may likely be easier getting a job when done.

Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America is an excellent case study on the fight against gentrification in San Francisco. I also have How to Kill a City on my To-Read list.

These challenging times are going to shape the leaders of tomorrow. Keep pushing, keep moving forward your community and city is blessed with your presence, and the work you do. I'm a professional planner and the virus and civil unrest has made my work feel hopeless at times too. But when everything is taken away from a community, the community planners are the last line of defense. Keep up the good work and I pray for your continued success. A topic I would love to hear your insight on is your experience studying and working in the US and the UK. From your personal experience, how does the planning profession change from these two places, and could you see yourself working abroad?

I highly recommend these amazing movies: A few good men The trial of the Chicago 7

@quesadiyah what sort of font did you use on the thumbnail for the words 'URBAN PLANNING CAREER'? I would like to use it for a PowerPoint presentation someday.

which softwares do you use for mapping? layouts? textures?

Have you thought about doing a go fund me page for the community you work in and reach out with a social campaign to perhaps put some order back in to the community as well as putting the message across that when people riot they aren’t directly attacking the government but what they are doing is effecting the space in which they live . In order for a community to thrive, I believe that we have to get the message across that we the people have a duty to keep the community . Just like citizens arrest for example etc .

Do you ever need to use GIS (Geographic Information System) in Urban planning?

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Pls I will like to really connect with you i love your videos. Am an undergraduate of urban planning.

I think you might want to move the microphone closer to your mouth. Good video overall.

Hey 👋, I’m currently registered for a masters of Town and Regional planning in South Africa . I have a background in community development and demography ,it’s very interesting to see your job description, I generally don’t see myself working within traditional planning 🫂 thank you for this 💕