Arielle Hersh is a rising junior at Gallatin studying Urban Development, Policy, and History, and is a Gallatin Global Fellow in Urban Practice in New York City with WHEDco this summer. She has just completed the Liberal Studies Core Program and spent her first year studying in Washington, DC. Academically, Arielle is interested in sustainable community development, affordable housing, and interdisciplinary urban practice. In collaboration with WHEDco, she will be working on community development along Southern Boulevard in the Crotona Park East neighborhood of the South Bronx, specifically helping to create a Commercial District Needs Assessment (CDNA) for the corridor. During the past year, she completed an independent research project on Via Verde, a sustainable affordable housing complex in the South Bronx, and volunteered with the Lowline. Arielle will also be working with the Van Alen Institute this summer.
