People Poetry

Walden was born and raised in New York, spending her early years in Queens and moving to Long Island at age 8. Walden originally came to Charlottesville from Washington, D.C. in 2003 to participate in the Trinity Fellows Program, a Christian leadership development program. She also studied urban planning at the University of Virginia, graduating in 2006. She got her start in the city government with an internship with Neighborhood Development Services in 2005. She has also volunteered with The Haven during her time in Charlottesville.

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