People Behind the Plans: Nina Idemudia, AICP

During her upbringing in Detroit, Nina Idemudia, AICP, thought a
lot about how the built environment influenced her life. She went
on to discover planning during her studies at the University of
Michigan, and she knew it would be the framework she'd use to
instill lasting change in the world. Currently Nina works as a city
planning associate with the City of Los Angeles Planning
Department, and she serves as the Young Planners Group coordinator
for the APA California Chapter. Nina shares her passion for
community engagement with listeners, talking about the sometimes
surprising roadblocks that prevent residents from participating in
the planning process and the simple ways planners can address these
problems. Throughout the entirety of this lively conversation, she
underscores how dire it is that planners make equity the bedrock of
everything they do — and why it's OK to ask for help in this area.