Esmeralda Maria Tovar

Esmeralda Maria Tovar is a first-year graduate student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin pursuing her master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Esmeralda graduated from UW Madison with a BS In Mathematics and Certificates in Chicano Latino Studies and Environmental Studies. She has project management experience in the private contract lab sector and has worked as an undergraduate research assistant. 

Esmeralda is interested in resource management, community development, and sustainable design and intends to share her wealth of knowledge to aid underrepresented communities of color as she develops her professional career as a planner.