Kiara delivers training, consulting, and coordination services to foster collaboration and support equitable community development. She is an associate at the Design Studio for Social Intervention, and facilitates strategy work with the Interaction Institute for Social Change. Her work stems from an exploration of the historical patterns of development and forced displacement and she works to provide space for those most directly affected to be engaged in decision-making about how their places can be shaped, understood and represented. Current projects include a capacity building toolkit for NeighborWorks USA to support smarter green initiatives among national members. She serves as faculty at both the International Youth Initiative Program in Sweden and University of Orange, a free people’s university. Kiara holds a BA from Hampshire College and a Masters in City Planning from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).