Ms. Chavoya works alongside senior staff on a full range of development activities for MacArthur Park Metro, a two-phase Transit Oriented Development in Los Angeles, California. Her responsibilities include securing project financing from public and private sources, managing the land use entitlement process, as well as interacting with public agency partners, community residents, and stakeholders.

Ms. Chavoya was instrumental in the initial financial closing of the first phase of MacArthur Park Metro. This two-phased development sits above the Metro Red Line Subway Station at Westlake/MacArthur Park on 3.42 acres, and will consist of 172 income-restricted rental units, approximately 30,000 square feet of ground floor, neighborhood-serving retail and a 100-stall commuter parking garage. The landmark development was financed using New Market Tax Credits, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, local government / transit agency funding and traditional debt. Phase 1 is under construction; Phase 2 is anticipated to be under construction in early 2012. In addition to her work on MacArthur Park, Ms. Chavoya assisted in the New Market Tax Credit financial closing of the Variety Boys & Girls Club.

Prior to joining McCormack Baron Salazar, Ms. Chavoya worked as a Project Manager for East LA Community Corporation, a non-profit organization building affordable housing in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. She also spent a year working on housing and fair growth policy issues as a Sustainable Development Fellow for the Greenlining Institute in Berkeley, California. Ms. Chavoya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Latin American Literature from Smith College and a Master of Arts in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles.