Hitomi Niimura
Tokyo, Japan
23
niimura@usc.edu

Education Background:
Graduated with an undergraduate degree in Social Ecology with a minor in Urban and Regional Planning and a minor in Education from the University of California, Irvine in 2001.

Interests within the Planning field:
Urban Design, Built Environment

What you expect to learn from the Berlin Lab?
I hope to learn more about how international cities are dealing with the difficult balance between a city's history and culture and its demands for globalization.

Job Experience:
no prior planning experience but worked with an architect/developer of custom homes before coming to USC.

Other Interests:
movies, music, good food, Disney