Tiffany is a Vietnamese American architect and urban designer who is passionate about cities. She approaches urban development from an interdisciplinary perspective that prioritizes people and integrates urban planning and economics. Tiffany has a decade of experience partnering with city governments and private sector clients on urban policies, programs, and projects, including in Indonesia, Vietnam, Ghana, and the US. At Penn, Tiffany’s doctoral research intersects topics of urbanization, poverty, and informality in rapidly developing countries of Southeast Asia. In particular, she studies informal practices of coastal land reclamation in small and medium-sized cities of Indonesia, where communities construct new land for themselves using waste and found materials. After doctoral studies, Tiffany aims to continue creating new knowledge and informing public policy on the growth of cities in both practical and academic settings.