Carla Acosta is an accomplished economic planning specialist currently employed at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization since April 2022. With a robust background in planning and community engagement, experience includes roles as planner and planning analyst at Durham Region from April 2019 to April 2022, and urban planner at IBI Group from June 2018 to March 2019. Additional relevant experience encompasses positions as a student planner at LARKIN+ land use planners inc., manager of social enterprise and partnership at Working Women Community Centre, and community engagement facilitator at JobStart. Additionally, Carla Acosta has held leadership roles at Warden Woods Community Centre and interned at the YMCA of Greater Toronto and Appropriate Rural Technology Institute Tanzania. Academic qualifications include a Master of Planning from Ryerson University, Environmental Project Management from Seneca College, and a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and International Development Studies from York University.