Yani Vozos is the new Graduate Student Advisor for SUPA. In his new position, Yani will meet with students to discuss their degree plans, courses, and career opportunities. He will also be compiling the SUPA Star Newsletter and will advise prospective students.

Yani holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies and International Politics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters of Urban Planning degree with a specialization in Housing and Community Development from the University of Louisville. Yani has spent the last ten years working in Planning and Community Development at all levels. He has worked at the global level with an international environmental NGO in London,UK, at the city level with the Department of Design and Construction in New York, NY, at the local level with a neighborhood CDC in Pittsburgh, PA, at the grass roots level as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Honduras, at the metro level as a program specialist in housing at Louisville Metro, and most recently in research and planning at the Center for Hazards Research here at UofL.

Music is Yani’s passion in life while he also enjoys gardening and the outdoors. Yani is happily married to his wife Brandi and they have recently welcomed into the world their first daughter Sonora. Yani can be contacted at: (502) 852-8002

yani.vozos@louisville.edu