Sisar Botelho

Sisar is a graduate of Boston University with a BA in International Relations, along with minors in Environmental Analysis and Policy, and Portuguese and Brazilian Cultural Studies. They will be heading the regional traffic counting program at SRPEDD as well as assisting with various other tasks.

Born and raised in Fall River, Sisar developed a passion for transportation because of their circumstances, they grew up without a car of their own in a non-walkable area and far away from things of interest. After moving to Boston and seeing what well planned cities and transportation can do for people’s freedom, Sisar decided to pursue the field.

In pursuing the field, Sisar took multiple steps, like learning how to utilize GIS, and completed an internship with the Chilean Ministry of Transit and Telecommunications in Santiago de Chile. In that internship they conducted a study identifying transit deserts in the southern half Santiago with the goal of bringing service to the historically underserved communities there.

Sisar is excited to start their career and bring all that they have learned from school, Chile, and Boston to the Southeast Region to help better their home!