I am a second year PhD student in Interdisciplinary Design and Media working with Dr. Brooke Foucault Welles and Dr. Nabeel Gillani. I am interested in combining data visualization, systems design, and communication technologies to explore tools supporting more transparent, intelligent, efficient, and equitable outcomes in policy. I have previously worked as a data scientist, cognitive science researcher, technology startup founder, analytics product manager, local government activist and political candidate, and data visualization designer in the civic technology space.

I received a bachelor's in computer science and cognitive science from Wellesley College and an MS in information design and data visualization from Northeastern University. I also have a graduate certificate in data, economics, and development policy from MITx.

Through theory and practice, I am excited to explore enriching our toolset for collective decision making, re-examining the balance of influence in policy, and impacting how information flows through systems and communities.