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Aleesha Toteja, right, at Hungry Souls, an organization that partners with schools in Austin, Texas, to ensure children and their families have enough to eat during weekends and school breaks (like Thanksgiving weekend). It's one of many volunteer opportunities Toteja devotes her time to - through both her work at Halff and as part of the ASCE Austin Branch.

This Thanksgiving week we’re reminded of the deep connection between civil engineering and community service.

Which of course means the civil engineers who have made that kind of generosity a way of life.

Aleesha Toteja is one such civil engineer.

A project manager for Halff in Austin, Texas, Toteja devotes countless hours to help a variety of causes both through her employer’s outreach programs, the ASCE Austin Branch, and her day-to-day public works projects.

In episode 182 of ASCE Plot Points, Toteja talks about her her generous spirit and why maybe it’s a characteristic that a lot of civil engineers share.

Next week on #GivingTuesday, when you donate to the ASCE Foundation, your generosity will go twice as far. Every gift to the ASCE Foundation made on Dec. 2 will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 by ASCE leadership. Learn more at ASCEFoundation.org.

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