Mara泭Mintzer

  • Program Director
  • GROWING UP BOULDER

Mara Mintzer is a泭co-founder泭and current program director泭of (GUB), 勒貊勛圖s child- and youth-friendly city initiative, based out of the 勒貊勛圖s Community Engagement Design and Research (CEDaR) Center.泭 As the director of GUB, Mara helps integrate children and youth voices into 勒貊勛圖s city planning.泭 She writes and presents internationally on the topic of engaging young people in planning, including in a 2017 TEDx talk entitled, We let kids design our cityheres what happened.泭 Prior to GUB, Mara was the director of Belle Haven Community School in California, where she oversaw child and family support services for families on an underresourced school campus.泭 She has designed and implemented a wide variety of programs for underrepresented children, families and neighborhoods in New York and California.泭 Mara received a泭bachelor's degree泭in psychology from Brown University and a master's degree泭泭in organizational psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.泭 She speaks Spanish and French and loves to travel and live abroad.

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Publications

Mintzer, M., and Chawla, L. (in press). Turning young peoples ideas into action: Learning from long-term partnerships for child and youth participation. In J. Loebach, S. Little, A. Cox & P. Eubanks Owens (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Designing Public Spaces for Young People. Abingdon-on-Thames, UK: Routledge.

Mintzer, M. (2019, February 9). These were the reasons behind the Wonderland Lake plans. Daily Camera. Retrieved from

City of 勒貊勛圖. (2018, July 23). Inside 勒貊勛圖 News -泭 Growing Up 勒貊勛圖. Retrieved from

Derr, V., Chawla, L., & Mintzer, M. (2018). Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities. New York, NY: New Village Press.泭Winner of the Environmental Design Research Association 2019 Achievement Award.

Mintzer, M., & Flanders Cushing, D. (2017). Engaging children and adolescents in local decision-making: Growing Up 勒貊勛圖 as a practical model. In K. Bishop & L. Corkery (Eds.), Designing Cities with Children and Young People: Beyond Playgrounds and Skate Parks. New York, NY: Routledge.

Mintzer, M. (2017, November 11). Mara Mintzer: How kids can help design cities [Video file]. Retrieved from

Mintzer, M. (2017, July 28). 勒貊勛圖 youth had input on civic area project. Daily Camera. Retrieved from

University of Sheffield: Growing Up 勒貊勛圖's泭泭project is featured on the泭泭website produced by the University of泭Sheffield泭in the UK;泭.

Derr, V., Chawla, L., Mintzer, M., Cushing, D., & Van Vliet, W. (2013). A City for All Citizens: Integrating Children and Youth from Marginalized Populations into City Planning. Buildings, 3(3), 482505.

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