Paria Negahdarikia

Paria Negahdarikia.

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It’s fitting that Paria Negahdarikia will work as a transportation planner someday; she’s always managed to find her way to what she loves.

With a BA in architecture from the University of Tehran, she decided to pursue a master of urban planning degree at UB while working on neighborhood redevelopment with Henry Louis Taylor Jr., director of the Center for Urban Studies.

“I love working face to face with people and together finding ways to improve their living environment directly,” says Paria, who will write a doctoral thesis on equity accessibility to public transportation in Rust Belt cities. Her scholarships provided by generous UB donors motivated her to work harder.