She is a landscape architect and urban designer who has designed and studied urban environments throughout the world for over ten years. Her research focuses on urban public spaces and their contribution to community resilience. Examples of her work include: Smart Sidewalks, a winning proposal for NYC Reinventing Payphones competition; #OurChangingClimate, an award-winning participatory design project that empowers vulnerable youth to share their experiences of climate change; and FOGWASTE, a public art installation commissioned by the city of San Jose that brings greater awareness of wastewater infrastructures to community members. Professor Napawan was awarded the top honor of Vanguard by Next City (top ’40 under 40′ for emerging urbanists) in 2015 and was named a 2016 Climate Action Champion by the University of California, Davis.