FAVORITE BOOK:
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED:
“Make it a great day or not. The choice is yours” – My 8th grade band teacher over the PA system
BACKGROUND BEFORE JOINING CIVITAS:
I earned my undergraduate degrees in Sociology and French from Northern Arizona University. I have had a multitude of jobs including:
Trail maintenance in southern Utah
AmeriCorps volunteer events coordinator in Northern Arizona
Recreation coordinator for dementia patients in Flagstaff, AZ
Second grade teacher in rural North Carolina
Early elementary science teacher in Brooklyn, NY
LITTLE KNOWN FACT(S) ABOUT YOURSELF:
I worked on a goat cheese farm in the north of France for a month.
FEATURED PROJECTS:
Windler Homestead
Rebecca Asser – Designer
Rebecca joined Civitas in May 2022 as a landscape designer motivated to create thoughtful and enduring places that reflect complex social and environmental narratives. After four years in early elementary education, she found landscape architecture through copy editing and was encouraged to apply to North Carolina State University after moving two doors down from a landscape architecture firm. During her MLA at North Carolina State University, Rebecca was nominated as a Landscape Architecture Foundation 2022 Olmsted Scholar and Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Global Change Fellow. She was nominated for her work with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, conducting research to promote culturally responsive and ethnobotanical streambank and wetland restoration. She is also the recipient of the 2022 Student ASLA Award of Excellence in Community Service for her work designing educational rain gardens and curriculum guide with Princeville Elementary School. Rebecca brings her diverse professional experiences to the Civitas team with interests in historic and cultural landscapes, ethnobotany, education, and social and environmental sustainability.
Rebecca Asser
Rebecca joined Civitas in May 2022 as a landscape designer motivated to create thoughtful and enduring places that reflect complex social and environmental narratives. After four years in early elementary education, she found landscape architecture through copy editing and was encouraged to apply to North Carolina State University after moving two doors down from a landscape architecture firm. During her MLA at North Carolina State University, Rebecca was nominated as a Landscape Architecture Foundation 2022 Olmsted Scholar and Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Global Change Fellow. She was nominated for her work with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, conducting research to promote culturally responsive and ethnobotanical streambank and wetland restoration. She is also the recipient of the 2022 Student ASLA Award of Excellence in Community Service for her work designing educational rain gardens and curriculum guide with Princeville Elementary School. Rebecca brings her diverse professional experiences to the Civitas team with interests in historic and cultural landscapes, ethnobotany, education, and social and environmental sustainability.
FAVORITE BOOK:
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED:
“Make it a great day or not. The choice is yours” – My 8th grade band teacher over the PA system
BACKGROUND BEFORE JOINING CIVITAS:
I earned my undergraduate degrees in Sociology and French from Northern Arizona University. I have had a multitude of jobs including:
Trail maintenance in southern Utah
AmeriCorps volunteer events coordinator in Northern Arizona
Recreation coordinator for dementia patients in Flagstaff, AZ
Second grade teacher in rural North Carolina
Early elementary science teacher in Brooklyn, NY
LITTLE KNOWN FACT(S) ABOUT YOURSELF:
I worked on a goat cheese farm in the north of France for a month.
FEATURED PROJECTS:
Windler Homestead