Olivia Arena

Olivia Arena


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Policy and Urban Planning Associate

Olivia Arena is a Policy and Planning Associate at the Los Angeles Office of Planning.  Previously, she was housing advocacy organizer at the National Low Income Housing Coalition and a research analyst in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute. She has experience in municipal governments, research entities, and community organizations. Arena graduated from UCLA with a masters in planning and from the University of Texas at Austin with undergraduate degrees in Plan II honors, urban studies, and international relations with concentrations in Latin American studies and geography. Her senior thesis explored urban interventions as a form of civic engagement in Austin, Texas.