Dominique Veasey is a native of Bowie, Maryland, and received her B.S. from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Business Administration in 2015. Currently, Dominique is a second-year Master of Urban Planning student at the University of Southern California (USC) concentrating in housing and real estate development with an anticipated graduation of May 2021.
Dominique considers herself a servant-leader and works every day to ensure that forgotten communities and population groups can thrive in an environment where all residents have access to living-wage jobs, high-quality educational resources, and affordable housing.
Prior to her graduate education, Dominique spent four years working in education, most recently working with KIPP SoCal Public Schools. During her time at KIPP SoCal, she took on the role of a Business Operations Manager for KIPP Comienza Community Prep. In this role, she worked to ensure all students were learning in a safe and healthy environment that allowed them to thrive academically. She also worked to manage several functions such as emergency prep, school nutrition, student recruitment, student health, special-event planning, daily procedures, and school budget. Additionally, she was the onsite project manager for school maintenance and worked with district partners to complete needed projects. In her last role at KIPP, as a Regional Operations Associate, Dominique developed the regional Proposition 39 facilities strategy and successfully executed applications to secure district classroom space for five co-located schools.
While at USC, Dominique has continued to grow her real estate development experience as a graduate intern with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). In her role, she supports the Development Services Department, which leads the planning and implementation of activities related to HACLA’s real estate portfolio, including the development and redevelopment, acquisition and repositioning of assets. Most recently, she supported the department with submitting 16 HomeKey applications.
Email: dveasey@usc.edu