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<br />Ms. Ortega lends more than 20 years of experience as a designer, project manager, arborist
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<br />and specialized inspector to the Landscape Architecture Division. Her background spans
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<br />all aspects of the Green Industry, from pre- construction site survey and analysis, overall
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<br />project design, construction management, to post- development inspection and reporting for
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<br />residential, commercial and municipal projects. She has worked with numerous community
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<br />and city officials as well as developers to provide project landscape design and contract
<br />management, as well as over site for the installation and maintenance of city monuments,
<br />Academic
<br />parks, roadways, commercial centers and housing developments. She has also provided
<br />Background
<br />post -storm hazard assessment, environmental mitigation observation and reporting for
<br />wetland and coastal environments. Today, she thoroughly evaluates project sites, provides
<br />Business Management,
<br />landscape and irrigation design, and effectively coordinates with clients, firms, officials and
<br />Florida International
<br />providers throughout the production process and project construction.
<br />University
<br />Relevant Experience
<br />Professional
<br />Certifications
<br />SR- 907 /Alton Road, 5th Street to Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, FL: The
<br />ISA Certified Arborist,
<br />landscape design for the complete renovation of this one -mile stretch of Alton Road was
<br />FL #741A
<br />achieved through coordinated efforts with FDOT District VI and the City of Miami Beach.
<br />AutoCAD - Level
<br />Through color renderings and community outreach meetings, Ms. Ortega illustrated the
<br />1 Certification,
<br />option of using new products, such as bonded aggregate tree basins, where landscape spaces
<br />Sheridan Technical College
<br />were limited. Client/Contact: FDOT District 6 /Danny Iglesias, Phone: (305) 470 -5266.
<br />Florida Association of
<br />Code Enforcement Level
<br />Pine Jog Nature Trail, West Palm Beach, FL: Presented with Garden Club of America's
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<br />Founders Fund award for this habitat restoration planting, utilizing area natives and pine bark
<br />Atlantic University
<br />walking trails for this portion of the FAU campus. Client/Contact: FAU /Kristi Moyer, Phone:
<br />Landscape Inspectors
<br />(56 1) 686 -6600.
<br />Association of Florida
<br />Certification,
<br />Spanish River Park, Boca Raton, FL: Landscape design and construction management to
<br />University of Florida IFAS
<br />provide viewing corridors to the ocean along this one -mile stretch of the City's Park beach
<br />National Incident
<br />dune system. Design included invasive plant removal, dune restoration per state coastal
<br />Management Systems
<br />authority criteria, and follow -up monitoring for establishment. Client/Contact: City of Boca
<br />IS -IDQ IS -200, IS -700
<br />Raton /Jennifer Bistyga, Phone: (561) 416 -3397.
<br />Certifications,
<br />Emergency Management
<br />Windmill Park, Coconut Creek, FL: Programming and conceptual designs, proposed
<br />Institute
<br />improvements to this existing Park included entrance features, community garden, basketball
<br />Professional
<br />courts, pavilions, site furnishings, parking and pathways. Client/Contact: City of Coconut
<br />Affiliations
<br />Creek/Shelia Rose, Phone: (954) 973 -6756.
<br />American Society of
<br />Landscape Architecture
<br />International Society of
<br />Arborists
<br />Landscape Inspectors
<br />Association of Florida -
<br />2006 Board of Directors
<br />Chair
<br />Florida Association of Code
<br />Enforcement
<br />Federal Emergency
<br />Management Agency
<br />Department of
<br />Environmental Resource
<br />Management
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