about Venice March 30, 2021
Venise Castaneda-Whitaker is a Philly native born in Kensington. She was raised in a 2.5 story wooden frame house in Frankford that dated back to late 18th century, and in 2002 she bought a house in Fishtown with her husband. Venise attended St Joseph's University receiving a B.S. in Psychology and minoring in feminist studies. She later received her M.S. in Counseling with a focus in PTSD. Since her teen years, Venise has been an activist for a multitude of local causes in Philly. In 2016 her love for wooden houses sparked her activism to fight for preserving history being mowed down by overdevelopment in her neighborhood. Venise was mentored and became self-taught in the area of historic preservation. Today, Venise continues to advocate for historic designation and safe construction sites. She has been successful mentoring neighbors in zoning with a focus on building reuse and has worked towards improving local building codes.
She currently works as a Constituent Representative for Council President Darrell Clarke and in her spare time volunteers in a multitude of areas of urbanism including the City of Philadelphia's Citizen Planning Institute, 18th ward Committee person executive 3rd chair, founder of the River Wards Coalition.
Bio credited to DAG https://designadvocacy.org/
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