Dimitri is a Knowledge Translation Specialist at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). He is a trained urban planner/designer interested in inclusive public space management, placemaking, and place marketing that encourages community engagement on urban issues. He actively develops design languages 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 planning degrees from UIC and the University of Wyoming in International Studies.