Audrey is a PhD student in Public and Urban Policy at The New School's Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment. Her doctoral work explores democratic infrastructure and the impact of land management and ecological stewardship approaches on inclusion in policy and development. She is particularly interested in participatory democracy and inclusive civic structures in the context of social-ecological transformation and migration in urban environments. Her current work looks at practices and flows of material and social power that may sustain public participation in the cultivation and application of knowledge in the design, development, and stewardship of social-ecological systems. Her dissertation explores the case example of community composting networks and policy making for organic waste systems in New York City. She draws on theory and research across a wide range of fields, including urban policy and planning, urban political economy, and the humanities to develop rich understandings of the diverse roles supporting conditions for ecological democracy in our communities, neighborhoods, cities, and world.