The Dutch Dialogues: New Orleans workshops fundamentally transformed the city’s water management, shifting the paradigm from aggressively pumping water out to strategically "living with water". Serving as a key participant in the role of Urban Designer for the City of New Orleans, I collaborated with Dutch engineers and hydrologists to translate complex water dynamics into resilient spatial infrastructure. My focus was integrating decentralized stormwater retention, naturalized bayous, and neighborhood green spaces directly into the urban fabric—ensuring flood mitigation doubled as community assets that stabilized public space, prevented soil subsidence, and unlocked $141 million in federal resilience funding.