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Chattel, Inca Historic Preservation Consultants Aleli Balaguer Associate II / Planner Aleli holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning with a concentration in Design and Development and a graduate certificate in Urban Humanities from UCLA, and a B.A. in Architecture and Minor in Social and Cultural Factors in Environmental Design from U.C. Berkeley. Aleli's professional experience includes junior designer at Rodriguez Associates Architects & Planners in San Diego, design intern at Jamboree Housing Corporation in Irvine, and preservation intern at Chattel prior to advancing as an Associate. During her time as a junior designer, Aleli worked on multi -family residential projects from schematic design through construction and completion, including architectural drafting, city submittal preparation and permitting. Working with Chattel, Aleli has drafted historic resource assessments and conformance reports, and completed surveys, construction monitoring reports, and significant space diagrams. In 2017, Aleli was selected as a Diversity Scholar by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to attend the 2017 PastForward Conference in Chicago, Illinois. At UCLA, her master's capstone project developed findings and recommendations on promoting culture and economic development through Business Improvement Districts in immigrant, ethnic neighborhoods. This project was a recipient of UCLA Urban Planning's capstone competition award. While at U.C. Berkeley, Aleli managed Maganda Magazine, a Filipino -American literary arts publication, as Editor -in -Chief, and served as Design Editor for The Daily Californian. Aleli is passionate about historic and cultural preservation in underrepresented communities, and the intersection of cultural heritage preservation with community resiliency through inclusive planning. ALVIN-CHRISTIAN NUVAL Associate I / Planner Alvin holds both a Master of Urban and Regional Planning with concentrations in Design and Development and Transportation Policy and Planning and a B.A. in Global Studies with a Minor in Education Studies from UCLA. Alvin's professional experience includes interning for Chattel prior to advancing as an Associate, working with cultural community -based organizations in Historic Filipinotown and Little Tokyo, and engaging in the production of events such as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and CicLAvia. At Chattel, Alvin has drafted historic resource assessments and historic context statements; conducted neighborhood and property research, field surveys, and DPR documentation; and produced graphics such as significant space diagrams and alteration maps to support various assessments and reports. In 2018, Alvin received a Student Scholarship to attend the National APIA Historic Preservation Forum in San Francisco, At UCLA, his master's capstone project focused on identifying ways to support teachers, educators, and parents in introducing urban planning topics to elementary school -aged children. For his work, he received a Shapiro Fellowship and was selected by the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies as a student grantee. Alvin is passionate about making urban planning concepts and ideas more accessible to people of all ages and sees good design as a way of connecting to people from different backgrounds.