Dimitri is a Civic Planning & Design Manager at the Center for Disability & Racial Justice. He is a trained urban planner/designer interested in climate adaptation, inclusive space design, and reparative planning through engagement on urban issues. He actively develops design frameworks and processes aimed at improving access for minoritized communities and has contributed to forming novel approaches to participatory and emancipatory knowledge mobilization for the disability community. He holds graduate planning and design degrees from the University of Illinois-Chicago.