Vanya Srivastava

Vanya Srivastava is a second-year graduate student pursuing a Master of City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania with an acute interest in place-based strategies for equitable growth in the Global South. Her research interests include a wide spectrum from sustainable and innovative financing strategies for affordable housing to planning for safe gathering and third spaces for young children in low-income communities. As a global citizen, Vanya has lived in 4 countries and loves to travel. She is an avid youth education activist and in her free time, you can find her competing in dance battles and making asymmetrical pots at a local pottery studio. ​