Maly Sears
Kansas State University
Master of Landscape Architecture
Graduation May 2024
4.0 GPA (4.0 scale)
Instituto San Joaquín de Flores
Summer 2022 Education Abroad
Completed Minor in Spanish
University Involvement
SCASLA APDesign Member (Fall 2020 — Present)
Responsible Stewardship Committee (Fall 2023 — Present)
Sigma Delta Pi | President (Fall 2021 — Fall 2022)
APDesign Peer Educator (Fall 2021 — Fall 2022)
APDesign Plot Club Technician (Spring 2021 — Fall 2022)
KSU Library Student Ambassador (Fall 2019 — Fall 2020)
Awards and Honors
KSU Olmsted Scholar 2024
CELA Fountain Scholar 2024
Architects Foundation Diversity Advancement Scholarship
APA Kansas New Horizon Award
Graduate Student of Landscape Architecture
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Work Experience
Culture, Arts, and Nature Camp Counselor | Chicago Parks District (Summer 2023 — Summer 2023)
Design and co-lead a 6 week summer program for 8 teenagers centered around the theme “ecosystems”. Teach about native plants and guide the installation of a pollinator garden.
Landscape Architecture Intern at Olsson | Ochsner Hare + Hare (Summer 2022 — Spring 2023)
Work with multiple project managers to develop hand-drawn concepts, schematic designs, construction documents, and produce 3D model renderings for projects at a range of scales.
Website Coordinator and Designer for Kansas State University Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning (Fall 2021 — Spring 2022)
Streamline the communication of information by redesigning website navigation and updating content.
Field Worker in Residential Remediation (Summer 2021 — Fall 2021)
Learn best practices for working with clients through professor lead work; Efficiently maintain the client’s gardens and lawn.
Intermediate Spanish Communication Education
Technical Skills
Civil 3D; AutoCAD; Land F/X
Photoshop; InDesign; Illustrator
SketchUp; Lumion
Bluebeam Microsoft Office
Complementary Skills
Research; Written Communication
Community Engagement Experience
Hand Rendering and Conceptual
Thinking in: Water Color; Colored Pencil; Marker; Fresco