David Valecillos

The Masters in City Planning enabled me to evolve personally and professionally in many ways. There are countless opportunities for students to get engaged, learn and make an impact in their community. While the core classes give you a broad overview of city planning, the program has a large diversity of classes that allows you to focus on the city planning topic you like the most. This enables you to become very knowledgeable in one specific field but with a holistic approach.

David is a real estate development professional focused on the planning of communities and economic development of low income neighborhoods. While pursuing his Masters in City Planning at BU, David worked as a research assistant at the BU Sustainable Neighborhood Lab (now part of the Pardee Center). David has also worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and in neighborhood planning projects with 3 other community development corporations in the Boston Area. At BU, he was granted the University Award for Excellence in Graduate Study. David also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of South Carolina.