University of Pennsylvania, Landscape Architecture, 2019, Master

Lewis & Clark College, East Asian Studies and Art History, 2012, Bachelor

Lindsay's teaching, professional work, and academic research are focused on cultural landscapes, resilient design, and community-centered development. Lindsay is passionate about design in rural areas, and in 2020 she co-founded the Rural Futures Collaborative to bring together communities, designers, and their collaborators around rural issues. Her current body of research involves employing speculative design methodologies for rural, community-based projects aimed at innovative climate solutions.

While completing her Masters of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Lindsay was awarded an ASLA Honor Award, the Narendra Juneja Medal, and a Van Alen Travel Fellowship to study rural refugee resettlement in Southern Italy. Lindsay was a 2014-2015 Fulbright Research Scholar in South Korea and an Americorps service member in Portland, Oregon. She is currently a board member of the Refugee Collective in Austin, TX, where she is part of a team creating a carbon farm plan and developing a refugee-centered fibershed. In 2024-2025, Lindsay received a CSU School of Global and Environmental Sustainability Resident Fellowship for her research on the future of agriculture in Colorado.