Liz Marchalonis
Liz Marchalonis started her career in transit as an intern with Jarrett Walker + Associates and has now fully joined the team as an analyst. After more than a decade working in architecture, having earned a B.Arch from the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Liz decided to broaden her abilities in spatial analysis and mapping and pursued a GIS certificate from Portland Community College. She currently assists the firm in cartography, data analysis and network design and brings her experience working on large interdisciplinary projects. She is excited to be able to contribute her efforts towards improving and promoting public transportation.
Liz also lends her support to Portland’s dance and performance arts communities. Being a dancer from a young age has fostered her sense of appreciation for spaces dedicated to human movement, underscoring the significance of natural and built placemaking. Just as dance describes physical expression, she finds parallels in representing geography through cartography and buildings through drawing, each practice allowing one to gain much better insight into and the ability to tell complex stories about our surroundings.