Senior Planner
Mental Landscapes / Epstein
With a background in environmental science and urban planning, Kelsey is the founder of Mental Landscapes, an emergent emotion-meets-design lab that weaves understanding of depression with landscape design to reimagine spaces that comfort, support, and accompany people through mental health experiences. She was named the Fall 2023 Artist-In-Residence at Allerton Park and Retreat Center, a speaker at SXSW 2024, and published her first book, Mental Landscapes: Depression as a Design Lens for Belonging in Public Space, in 2025. Kelsey practices at Epstein as a Senior Planner and holds a master’s of Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon.
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Friday, September 18, 2026
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT